Georgen Guerrero

Georgen Guerrero is the Criminal Justice Department Chair and Professor at the University of the Incarnate Word. He earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Criminology from Sam Houston State University. He earned a master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Texas State University and a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Law Enforcement and Police Science from Sam Houston State University. His areas of expertise in include criminology, deviant behavior, penology, and organizational theory. Dr. Guerrero’s research interests focus primarily on incarcerated populations, juvenile populations, environmental crimes, wildlife crimes, and deviant behavior. His research has led to several publications in the areas of criminology, penology, and juvenile justice. As a practitioner, Dr. Guerrero has over 20 years of field experience working with several criminal justice agencies in various supervisory capacities.

• Ph. D., Criminal Justice with a specialization in Criminology from Sam Houston State University
• M. A., Criminal Justice from Texas State University
• B. A., Criminal Justice with a specialization in Law Enforcement and Police Science from Sam Houston State University

• Professor and Chair - The University of Incarnate Word 2019 - present
• Associate Professor - The University of the Incarnate Word 2013 - 2019
• Assistant Professor - The University of the Incarnate Word 2011- 2013

Twenty years of management and administrative experience.

Journal Article

A Participatory Action Research Study of Community Relations, Police Interviewing and Attitudes Following Police Crisis Intervention Team Training with Felix-Ortiz, M; Hill, C; DeGuzman, M; and Graham, M. (2021).

Book

Juvenile Justice and Schools: Policing, Processing, and Programming with Piper, D., Parti, K; Trombley, J.R. and Elechi, O. Preliminary Edition. Cognella Academic Press (2019).

• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
• American Society of Criminology
• Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice
• Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

• Presidential Teaching Award Nominee
• Provost's Legacy Teaching Award

• Art Crimes
• Incarcerated Populations
• Criminology
• Penology
• Juvenile Justice
• Wildlife Crimes

Selected Courses Include:

• Art Crimes
• Wildlife Crimes
• White Collar Crimes
• Criminology
• Juvenile Justice
• Sex Crimes
• Corrections
• The Death Penalty
• Research Methods
• Senior Seminar