Dennis M Savard

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Department of Criminal Justice

Arts & Behavioral Sciences

Academic and Student Affairs


SVSU Main Campus

Science West 260

989-964-2544

dmsavard@svsu.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
Wayne State University

Master of Arts
Wayne State University

Research

Patrick Webb and Dennis M. Savard, "Officer Observation and Disproportionate Minority Arrest: Origins, Outcomes, and Opportunities," Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice (2021, advance online copy). 

Patrick Webb, Dennis M. Savard, and Aimee Delaney, "The Color of Confinement: Examining Youth Exoneration Decisions and the Critical Race Theory," Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal 18 (2020): 206-237.​

Dennis M. Savard, Thomas M. Kelley, and David M. Merolla, "Routine Activities and Victimization: The Significance of Gendered Spaces," Journal of Interpersonal Violence 35 (2020): 5425-5447.

Dennis M. Savard, Thomas M. Kelley, Joseph J. Jaksa, and Daniel B. Kennedy, "Violent Crime in Bars: A Quantitative Analysis," Journal of Applied Security Research 14 (2019): 369-389.

Thomas M. Kelley, Jacqueline Hollows, and Dennis M. Savard, "The Efficacy of Intensive Three Principles Correctional Counseling for Improving the Mental Health/Resilience of People in an English Prison," Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 58 (2019): 661-677.

Dennis M. Savard, "A Routine Activity Approach: Assessing Victimization by Gender in Transit Environments and Other Public Locations," Advances in Applied Sociology 8 (2018): 56-75.

Daniel B. Kennedy and Dennis M. Savard, "Delayed In-Custody Death Involving Excited Delirium," Journal of Correctional Health Care 24 (2018): 43-51.

Thomas M. Kelley, Jacqueline Hollows, Eric G. Lambert, Dennis M. Savard, and Jack Pransky "Teaching Health vs. Treating Illness: The Efficacy of Three Principles Correctional Counseling with People in an English Prison," International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 62 (2018): 2831-2856.

Dennis M. Savard and Daniel B. Kennedy, "Conditional Threats of Suicide and Jail Suicide," Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal 5 (2017): 1-3.

Dennis M. Savard and Daniel B. Kennedy, “On the Applications of Forensic Criminology,” Journal of Physical Security 10 (2017): 8-29.

Daniel B. Kennedy and Dennis M. Savard, "Inadequate Security Litigation: Assessing the Effectiveness of Security Measures Designed to Prevent Criminal Attack," Customer Connection: Retail and Hospitality News 3 (2016): 3-8.

Dennis M. Savard and Daniel B. Kennedy, “Crime and Security Liability Concerns at Shopping Centers,” pps. 254-275 in Kevin Walby and Randy K. Lippert (Eds.) Corporate Security in the 21st Century: Theory and Practice in International Perspective. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

Dennis M. Savard and Daniel B. Kennedy, “Responding to Intimate Partner Violence in the Workplace,” Security Journal 26 (2013): 249-263.