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 US-UK Intelligence
POLS 3721 Introduction to Intelligence
CRJU 8610 Intelligence Analysis
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
Exhibitions
October 2021: Police Intelligence Gathering. Rabdan Alumni Association, Rabdan Academy (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Oosthuizen, J.P. (2014). Reappraising Private Security: Practices, Partnerships & prospects workshop, University of Portsmouth in collaboration with GaPS (Ghent University, Belgium)
Oosthuizen, J.P. (2013). Cyber Security Partnerships In: Exploring New Security Frontiers Conference, Australian Institute of Police Management, New South Wales, Australia.
Oosthuizen, J.P. (2012). Police Modernisation through private sector outsourcing: a comparative case study In: British Society of Criminology Postgraduate Conference, University of Portsmouth.
Oosthuizen, J.P. (2012). Splitting the Bill: Private security partnership in austere times In: ICJS Winter School Conference, University of Portsmouth.
Oosthuizen, J.P. (2011). Policing and Local Partnerships: delivering security at a community level In: Criminology Symposium, University of Portsmouth.
Oosthuizen, J.P. (2010). Safer Neighbourhood Policing from a British Perspective In: Dutch Policing Conference, Maastricht, Holland.