Johannes Oosthuizen

Johannes Oosthuizen

Assistant Professor

Phone706-867-4536

Office locationHansford Hall, 330, Dahlonega

Overview

Prior to coming to UNG, JP was an Assistant Professor at the Rabdan Academy in the U.A.E, based in Abu Dhabi, teaching criminology, intelligence gathering, police leadership, and policing & community safety.

JP is a former military & police officer with over 24 years of service in the South African National Defence Force and Dorset Police, UK. He was a UK College of Policing Research Scholar at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, New York, and the Director of the Institute of Policing, senior lecturer in Criminology, and Program Leader for the MSc in Applied Criminology at the University of Winchester.

Education

  • DProf, Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth, 2021
  • M.Sc, Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth, 2009
  • BS.c, Policing & Police Studies, University of Portsmouth, 2007

Courses Taught

  • CRJU 6325 Homeland Security
  • CRJU 3312 Criminology
  • POLS 3723 Intelligence Cycle & Collection
  • POLS 4723 Intelligence Support for Homeland Security
  • POLS 4724 Cyber Intelligence
  • POLS 4724 US-UK Intelligence
  • POLS 3721 Introduction to Intelligence
  • CRJU 8610 Intelligence Analysis
  • CRJU 8613 Terrorism, Intelligence & Homeland Security

Research/Special Interests

Dr. Oosthuizen's interests lie primarily in the field of policing and criminal justice, particularly in areas of police leadership and the importance of tactical leadership positions, such as that of the police sergeant. He also has a strong developing research interest in the discipline of intelligence studies, its history, application, ethics, and importance to the intelligence agencies of the USA.

Dr. Oosthuizen is also a keen advocate of flipped classroom pedagogy, in particular, Team-Based Learning (TBL), which has become integral in his delivery to students in the classroom

Publications

  • Oosthuizen, J.P. (2021). Community Policing: a study of Neighbourhood policing in Dorset. Modern Police Leadership (pp.67-92). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Oosthuizen, J.P., & Wakefield, A. (2017). Project Genesis: A strategic review of Neighbourhood Policing in Dorset. Next Generation Community Policing Conferences (pp.1-10). Crete: Springer