Resume

• 2011

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Criminology

  Law & Society

  George Mason University

• 2005

  Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)

  Public Administration (Concentration: Public Management)

  Member of Pi Alpha Alpha (πAA)

  the national honor society for public affairs and administration in the U.S.A.

  George Mason University

  The Performance Institute: Developing and Using Performance Measures

  Security Officer Training and Certification

  Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services

  99-302901

• 2003

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Organizational Leadership & Management

  Recipient of the highly coveted Professional Studies Director’s Scholarship at Regent University.\nCohort Representative

  Regent University.

  Regent University

• 1989

  Bachelor of Science (equiv.)

  Dental Laboratory Technology/Technician

  Vice-President

  Union of Students

  1991/1992

  Federal College of Dental Technology

• 1988

  Geology

  Physics

  and Mathematics

  University of Ghana

• Served as a volunteer on the Community Adjudication Board at George Mason University in the 2013/2014 academic year. The Board \"is a diverse group of trained Mason students qualified to resolve allegations of misconduct as a means of providing a Respondent the opportunity to have their case heard by fellow community members. Goals of the Board include maintaining civility

  fostering a learning environment that promotes academic and personal growth

  addressing social norms

  promoting an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of students

  instilling a sense of accountability for individual and group behavior

  and an appreciation of the impact of student choices on their community.\"

  George Mason University

  Secretary

  Board of Directors

  Served as Secretary

  Board of Directors

  Fairfax Plaza Townhouses from January 2015 to August 2015. This is a 161-unit townhouse community in the heart of Fairfax

  Virginia

  surrounded by some of the region's best public schools: Mantua Elementary

  Frost Middle

  and Woodson High.

  Fairfax Plaza Townhouses

  Fairfax

  Virginia

  Volunteer

  Stuffed hundreds of envelopes with newsletters and other pertinent documents for the incoming 7th and 8th grade classes (2014/15 academic year).

  Frost Middle School

  Fairfax

  VA

  Volunteer

  Prepared meals for the homeless in the Washington

  D.C. Metropolitan Area.

  Judah Praise Ministries

  Fairfax

  VA

  Social Media

  Research

  Editing

  SPSS

  Market Research

  Data Analysis

  Team Building

  Budgets

  Teaching

  Investments

  Customer Service

  Training

  Legal Research

  Analysis

  Management

  Microsoft Office

  Leadership

  Public Speaking

  Negotiation

  Strategic Planning

  Pryce

  D. K. (2017). Book Review: The Securitization of Society: Crime

  Risk

  and Social Order

  by Marc Schuilenburg.

  Peer-reviewed book review on securitization of society.

  Pryce

  D. K. (2017). Book Review: The Securitization of Society: Crime

  Risk

  and Social Order

  by Marc Schuilenburg.

  Although the influence of procedural justice on citizens’ satisfaction and cooperation with police has been tested in several geopolitical contexts

  this is the first study to examine the relationship between procedural justice and satisfaction with Kenya’s police and Kenya’s criminal justice system on a Kenyan college campus. Using a sample of 523 students from a prominent Kenyan university

  we found that procedural justice and officer integrity predicted satisfaction with both Kenya’s police and criminal justice system. Also

  more highly educated students (sophomores

  juniors

  and seniors

  compared to freshmen) were more satisfied with both the Kenyan police and criminal justice system. Conversely

  victims of crime in the community were less satisfied with Kenyan police

  and students who had a negative personal experience with police were less satisfied with the country’s criminal justice system. Although instrumental factors of policing (e.g.

  police effectiveness) were not tested in this study

  thus precluding a comparative\nassessment of normative and instrumental models of policing

  this study contributes to the extant\nliterature by pointing out the salience of procedural justice and officer integrity for improving the\nrelationship between the police and the communities they are sworn to serve. The study’s implications for policy are discussed.

  Pryce

  Daniel K.

  Wilson

  G.

  & Fuller

  K. (2018). Predictors of Satisfaction with Kenya’s Police and Kenya’s Criminal Justice System: Results from a Sample of Kenyan College Students

  Procedural justice theory plays a central role in understanding police–citizen relationships. To test the universality of procedural justice theory

  researchers have tended to assess the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of policing in different geopolitical contexts. Building on Reisig and Lloyd’s study in Jamaica

  we test in the current study the relative impacts of procedural justice (a normative factor) and police effectiveness and risk of sanctioning (instrumental factors) on Jamaicans’ obligation\nto obey the police and willingness to cooperate with police. We found that procedural justice predicted both obligation to obey and cooperation

  although obligation did not predict cooperation. And while effectiveness predicted obligation

  it was not significantly related to cooperation. Lastly

  older citizens were more willing to cooperate with police. The study’s implications for policy and future research are discussed.

  Grant

  Lorna & Pryce

  Daniel K. (2019). Procedural Justice

  Obligation to Obey

  and Cooperation with Police in a Sample of Jamaican Citizens

  Qualitative research enhances scholars’ and practitioners’ understanding of our social world. Most published studies on trust in the institution of policing and obligation to obey the police are undergirded by quantitative data; as a result

  this research study enhances the literature on trust and obligation to obey by employing a qualitative approach. In this study

  interviews obtained from two focus groups of Ghanaians in Alexandria

  Virginia explored research participants’ understanding of trust in the institution of policing and obligation to obey the police in the United States and Ghana. The\ncontinued migration of sub-Saharan Africans to the United States means that the US police must begin to address this immigrant community’s policing needs. The results of this study show that although Ghanaian immigrants trust the US police more than the Ghana police

  the respondents believe also that the US police are overbearing and abuse their authority. Additionally

  the participants’ greater confidence in the US police is tempered by a lack of clarity as to whether the participants’ trust in the US police is due to their felt obligation to obey the police or due to a ‘dull compulsion.’ The\nimplications of the findings are discussed.

  Pryce

  D. K. (2018). Ghanaian Immigrants’ Differential Trust in and Obligation to Obey the U.S. Police and Ghana Police: Findings from A Qualitative Study.

  This study is the first to examine the impact of procedural justice on general satisfaction with the police in a sample of Ghanaian immigrants in the United States. After refining the legitimacy variable used in prior research

  trust was found to load disparately from obligation to obey. Obligation to obey was thus employed as an independent variable in the regression analyses. Procedural justice was found to be the strongest predictor of satisfaction with police

  although effectiveness and personal experiences also significantly predicted satisfaction. These results establish the importance of procedural justice in gaining satisfaction with the police

  and show that obligation may be a discrete variable from legitimacy. Overall

  this study’s findings show that\nthe police should weave together normative and instrumental models of policing for increased satisfaction with the police in the Ghanaian immigrant community.

  Pryce

  D. K. (2016). Does procedural justice influence general satisfaction with police? A study from a hard-to-reach population of immigrants in the United States

  Focus groups help researchers obtain rich

  experiential data in order to increase our sociological\nand psychological understanding of human interactions. In this study

  I used qualitative data obtained from two focus groups

  comprising 13 participants from the Ghanaian community

  to understand Ghanaian immigrants’ personal experiences with and perceptions of the police in the United States. The rise in immigration from sub-Saharan Africa means that these immigrants’ views of and experiences with the police will become increasingly important to successful policing in local\ncommunities across the United States. The results of this study point to the need for U.S. police to\nemploy procedural justice and distributive justice in their dealings with Ghanaian immigrants. These\nimmigrants also believe that both their skin color and foreign accent pose a disadvantage when\ndealing with police. By addressing these concerns

  the U.S. police would gain the trust and cooperation of the Ghanaian immigrant community. The policy implications of the findings are discussed.

  Pryce

  D. K. (2016). Ghanaian Immigrants' Experiences With and Perceptions of U.S. Police: A Qualitative Study

  Devon Johnson

  Theory and research highlight the importance of procedural justice for inculcating people’s obligation to obey and willingness to cooperate with legal authorities

  yet questions remain about the universality of these relationships across cultures and contexts. We examine the influence of procedural justice and other factors on Ghanaian immigrants’ obligation to obey and willingness to cooperate with police. The findings suggest that when police are perceived to behave in a procedurally just manner

  people feel an increased obligation to obey their directives and willingness to cooperate with them. Perceived police effectiveness does not influence Ghanaian immigrants’ obligation to obey police

  but is the most dominant factor in shaping their willingness to cooperate with police. Respondents’ views of police in Ghana did not influence obligation or cooperation.\nThe implications of the results for theory development

  empirical research

  and policies intended to improve police–immigrant relations are discussed.

  Pryce

  D. K.

  Johnson

  D.

  & Maguire

  E. R. (2017). Procedural Justice

  Obligation to Obey

  and Cooperation with Police in a Sample of Ghanaian Immigrants

  This study is the first to assess citizen willingness to empower the police in the Caribbean. The study examines the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of policing on willingness to empower the police in a sample of Jamaican citizens. Using data from a survey of Jamaican citizens

  procedural justice and educational level predicted police empowerment; obligation to obey

  age

  sex

  police effectiveness

  and risk of sanctioning did not. The study’s findings point to the importance of the process-based model of policing in different geopolitical contexts. Specifically

  the study addresses why procedural justice

  a normative model

  may engender willingness to empower the police in this group of Jamaican citizens. This finding is important because normative models generally exert a stronger influence than instrumental models in advanced democracies

  whereas the opposite is the case in emerging democracies and postcolonial societies

  such as Jamaica. The implications for policing

  policy

  and future research are discussed.

  Pryce

  Daniel K. & Grant

  Lorna (2019). The relative impacts of normative and instrumental factors of policing on willingness to empower the police: A study from Jamaica.

  This study examines the relative impacts of normative and instrumental models of\npolicing on willingness to empower the police in a sample of sub-Saharan African\nimmigrants in the United States. Using data from a survey of 304 Ghanaian immigrants

  \nobligation to obey

  procedural justice

  effectiveness

  and gender predicted police\nempowerment; legitimacy of Ghana police and risk of sanctioning did not. The results\nalso show that obligation to obey may be distinct from legitimacy. The findings from\nthe current study point to the importance of the process-based model of policing\nin different geopolitical contexts

  including the sub-Saharan African immigrant\ncommunity in the United States. Specifically

  obligation to obey and procedural justice\nplay pivotal roles in engendering willingness to empower the police in the sub-Saharan\nAfrican immigrant community. The implications of these findings are discussed.

  Pryce

  D. K. (2016). The Relative Effects of Normative and Instrumental Models of Policing on Police Empowerment: Evidence From a Sample of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants

  Crime victimization and fear of crime have been studied extensively in the extant literature

  but very few studies have been carried out in sub-Saharan Africa. Using a sample of 523 students from a leading university in Nairobi

  Kenya

  we found that females

  older students

  and prior crime victims are more fearful of crime at school

  of crime in the community

  and of overall crime. In addition

  we found that incivility

  measured as the perceived prevalence of drug use among Kenyans

  was also statistically significantly related to fear of crime at school

  fear of crime in the community

  and the overall measure of fear of crime. These findings are consistent with findings from the extant literature

  mainly from the United States. Thus

  we argue that the correlates of fear of crime appear to be similar in different geopolitical contexts. The implications of the findings for campus safety and security are discussed.

  Pryce

  D. K.

  Wilson

  G.

  & Fuller

  K. (2018). Gender

  Age

  Crime Victimization

  and Fear of Crime: Findings From A Sample of Kenyan College Students

  There are numerous studies on the benefits of internships in the extant literature

  although many of these studies focused on the views of students and professors/instructors. These studies were also conducted mainly in predominantly White institutions. The present study makes an important contribution to the literature by being the first to examine site supervisors’ evaluations of criminal justice interns at a historically Black university (HBCU). It is also one of the first studies to examine the role of internships in\nprofessional development at an HBCU. We used ordinary least-squares (OLS) regression to examine data collected between 2015 and 2018 (with an overall sample size of 352)

  and found that good communication with clients

  a professional appearance

  and punctuality predicted interns’ professional development. Contrary to expectations

  gender and internship length did not predict professional\ndevelopment. The implications of our findings for student professional development and benefits of internships

  especially at HBCUs

  are discussed.

  Tameka Williams

  Daniel K. Pryce

  Tyler Clark & Hydeia Wilfong (2019). The Benefits of Criminal Justice Internships at a Historically Black University: An Analysis of Site Supervisors’ Evaluations of Interns’ Professional Development

  Objective: This study tests U.S. citizens’ attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. Immigrants and immigration educe strong

  divergent sentiments in the U.S. population. While these sentiments

  which are tied to public policy

  have been examined in prior studies

  it is important to test them regularly in empirical studies to observe any changes in attitudes toward immigrants and immigration. \nMethods: I rely on the 2014 General Social Survey and employ hierarchical multivariate regression models to test the effects of patriotism

  nationalism

  xenophobia

  and “world citizenship” on pro-immigration attitudes. \nResults: Females

  respondents with higher education

  and respondents who were more patriotic were more likely to hold pro-immigration attitudes. Conversely

  older respondents and respondents who held greater xenophobic attitudes were less likely to hold pro-immigration attitudes. Finally

  respondents who viewed themselves more as citizens of the world than citizens of a particular country were more likely to hold pro-immigration attitudes. \nConclusion: The study’s results are generally consistent with findings from prior research

  and point to a general invariability in Americans’ views about immigrants and immigration. The policy implications of the findings are discussed.

  Pryce

  D. K. (2018). U.S. Citizens' Current Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Immigration: A Study from the General Social Survey

  Presented our initial findings on the following project: The Effects of Transgenerational Trauma on African Americans’ Attitudes Toward the Police.

  American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) 42nd Annual Symposium

  Washington

  D.C.

  Under the auspices of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

  I made an in-person presentation to a team of American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors on the DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program questionnaire.

  National Reentry Resource Center

  Council of State Governments Justice Center

  Under the auspices of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

  I made a webinar presentation to FY2015 Second Chance Act (SCA) grantees on the dynamics and utility of the Performance Measurement Tool (PMT)

  a data repository managed by CSR

  Incorporated.

  The State of Opportunity in America Summit

  The State of Opportunity in America Summit. Organized jointly by the Center for Advancing Opportunity

  the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

  The Charles Koch Foundation

  and Koch Industries

  Inc.

  this event brought together more than 200 influential stakeholders in the research

  higher education

  advocacy

  and think tank communities to develop research-based solutions to pressing issues in fragile communities across the United States.

  CNA

  Under the auspices of CNA

  a nonprofit research organization that operates the Center for Naval Analyses and the Institute for Public Research

  I made a webinar presentation to FY2015 Body-Worn Camera (BWC) grantees on the dynamics and utility of the Performance Measurement Tool (PMT)

  a data repository managed by CSR

  Incorporated.

  The American Society of Criminology (ASC) 71st Annual Meeting in Washington

  D.C.

  Presented a paper on: Procedural Justice

  Obligation to Obey

  and Cooperation with Police in a Community of Ghanaian Immigrants.\n\n

  CSR

  Incorporated and the Bureau of Justice Assistance

  Office of Justice Programs

  U.S. Department of Justice

  Under the auspices of CSR

  Incorporated and the Bureau of Justice Assistance

  I provided webinar training to FY2015 Body-Worn Camera (BWC) grantees on the BJA Performance Measures.

  CSR

  Incorporated and the Bureau of Justice Assistance

  Office of Justice Programs

  U.S. Department of Justice

  Under the auspices of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

  I made a webinar presentation to FY 2015 Second Chance Act (SCA) grantees on BJA Performance Measures.

  CNA and the Bureau of Justice Assistance

  Office of Justice Programs

  U.S. Department of Justice

  Under the auspices of CNA and the Bureau of Justice Assistance

  I made an in-person presentation to more than 120 Body-Worn Camera (BWC) grantee representatives on the Performance Measurement Tool (PMT)

  a data repository hosted and managed by CSR

  Inc. I also demonstrated the BWC Trax

  a utility tool that would simplify the performance measurement data collection process.

  I am an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in the Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. I was previously at North Carolina Central University (NCCU)

  Durham

  NC

  where I received the 2018 Chancellor's Award for Research and the 2017 Dean's Excellence in Research award. I am the author/co-author of several peer-reviewed publications. \n\nMy primary research interests include police-citizen relations

  police-immigrant relations

  immigration studies

  internship studies

  innovations in policing

  fear of crime and victimization

  and research methods. \n\nPrior to joining NCCU

  I worked as a Senior Research Associate at Consulting Services & Research (CSR)

  Inc. in Arlington

  Virginia. At CSR

  I provided analysis and research support on the Performance Measurement

  Data Analysis

  and Training and Technical Assistance contracts with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

  the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)

  and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). My span of work included the Body-Worn Camera Pilot Implementation Program; six Second Chance Act (SCA) Programs; Swift

  Certain

  and Fair (SCF) Sanctions Program; VOCA Victim Assistance Program; VOCA Victim Compensation Program; DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program; Solving Cold Cases Program; and Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Program.\n\nSkills: Research Design; Data analyses; SPSS statistical tool for quantitative research; Logistic Regression; Multivariate Regression; Factor Analysis; Microsoft Suite (Word

  PowerPoint

  Outlook

  Excel

  Access

  OneNote); Advanced Blackboard Tools; Dropbox; Netlogo; Python; Pylab; ArcGIS

  MindTap; Legal Research.\n\nAn advocate of social responsibility

  I have published over 160 articles on social issues.

  Daniel K.

  Pryce

  MPA

  Ph.D.

  North Carolina Central University

  George Mason University

  CSR

  Incorporated

  George Mason University

  A.J. Dwoskin & Associates

  Old Dominion University

  George Mason University

  Fairfax

  VA

  Handled and processed

  on average

  $1.2 million of tenant payments each month.\nWrote and published two separate organizational manuals on rules and regulations governing the residential and mobile-home portfolios. \nWorked with several collections agencies to track down and collect outstanding debts from former residential

  mobile-home

  and commercial tenants.\nCoordinated with two law firms – Offit & Kurman and Friedlander

  Friedlander

  & Earman – in the pursuit of unpaid account balances via civil lawsuits. Also served as Agent of the Landlord in the General District and Circuits Courts of Fairfax

  Arlington

  and Prince William Counties. \nWas responsible for preparing and maintaining the company’s residential

  mobile-home

  and commercial bad-debt spreadsheets. \nWas responsible for processing the company’s annual escrow reimbursements for all residential

  mobile-home

  and commercial properties.

  Collections Manager

  A.J. Dwoskin & Associates

  *Provided analysis and research support on the Performance Measurement

  Data Analysis

  and \nTraining and Technical Assistance (PMT) contracts with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Contracts included: Body-Worn Camera Pilot Implementation Program; 6 separate Second Chance Act (SCA) Programs; and Swift

  Certain

  and Fair (SCF) Sanctions Program. \n\nPreviously provided analysis and research support for programs under Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). OVC contracts included: VOCA Victim Compensation Program and Victim Assistance Program. NIJ contracts included: DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program

  Solving Cold Cases Program

  and Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence to Exonerate the Innocent Program. \n\nMajor Duties:\n*Evaluated and analyzed several large datasets to determine trends and identify patterns.\n*Developed logic models for these programs

  improved performance measures

  wrote survey questions

  and analyzed performance measures data.\n*Prepared written reports for and disseminated research findings to practitioners

  grantees

  policymakers

  lawmakers

  researchers

  and other stakeholders.\n*Presented data in various formats to include Website content

  PowerPoint presentations

  annual reports

  and white papers. \n*Consulted with Federal clients on the implementation of data verification and validation efforts.\n*Identified problems with data collected and developed a list of priority programs for immediate attention. \n*Identified program and/or grantee failures to help improve future performance measures development.\n*Assisted with inquiries (ad hoc requests) from Federal client(s) through analyzing

  synthesizing and interpreting large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data using various types of statistical packages (e.g.

  SPSS).\n*Developed and provided training

  including the use of webinars

  for many audiences (e.g.

  Federal staff

  grantees

  and other criminal-justice professionals).

  Senior Research Associate

  United States

  CSR

  Incorporated

  Raleigh-Durham

  North Carolina Area

  Assistant Professor

  North Carolina Central University

  Norfolk

  Virginia Area

  I am an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in the Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University.

  Assistant Professor

  Old Dominion University

  Fairfax

  VA

  Designed a syllabus and taught Introduction to Criminology (CRIM 210)

  a Level-200 course. Covered such topics as Crime and Criminology; Nature and Extent of Crime; Victims and Victimization; Choice Theory; Trait Theory; Social Structure Theory; Social Process Theories; Social Conflict and Critical Criminology; Developmental Theories; Violent Crime: Personal and Political; Property Crimes; Enterprise Crime: White-Collar Crime

  Cyber Crime

  and Organized Crime; Public Order Crimes; and the Criminal Justice System.

  Adjunct Professor

  George Mason University

  Fairfax

  VA

  Assisted Dr. Larry Walters

  the then-Director of the Master of Public Administration program

  in redesigning new documentation for the program’s re-accreditation that was due in July 2005.\nCarried out wide-ranging research work and data analyses for the Master of Public Administration program using SPSS and other statistical tools. \nPerformed other duties as assigned by the Master of Public Administration program director in order to meet the re-accreditation deadline.

  Graduate Research Assistant

  George Mason University

  Fairfax

  VA

  Taught a capstone course (CRIM 495) in the Department of Criminology

  Law & Society. This course

  which is designed to help undergraduate students hone their research and writing skills

  culminating in a scholarly paper at the end of the semester

  has received RS (research and scholarship) designation from George Mason University's Office of Student Scholarship

  Creative Activities & Research (OSCAR) (see oscar.gmu.edu).

  Instructor

  George Mason University

  The American Society of Criminology

  Ewe

  English

  Twi

  Member of Pi Alpha Alpha (πAA)

  the national honor society for public affairs and administration in the U.S.A.

  National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration