Faculty / Jennifer Wood

Jennifer Wood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Temple. She earned a bachelor's degree in Criminology at the University of Ottawa in 1994 and received both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Criminology from the University of Toronto in 1995 and 2000, respectively. Prior to joining Temple, Jennifer served as a Fellow for the Regulatory Institutions Network (RegNet) at the Australian National University.

Jennifer is a criminologist with expertise in policing and regulation.  Her work has explored how order and security is promoted by mixes of public and private entities including but well beyond the public police. Her co-authored book, Imagining Security (Willan, 2007; with Clifford Shearing), offers an account of ‘nodal governance’ as a means of explaining this plurality. She has published two co-edited books (Democracy, Society and the Governance of Security (Cambridge, 2006; with Benoit Dupont) and Fighting Crime Together: The Challenges of Policing and Security Networks (University of New South Wales Press, 2006; with Jenny Fleming)).  Jennifer is currently leading an action research project designed to strengthen connections between policing, security and public health entities in Center City, Philadelphia.

Jennifer is a Methods Core member of the National Program Office for Public Health Law Research funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and directed by Professor Scott Burris, Temple University Beasley School of Law.

A link to Jennifer's CV can be found at the top right of this page.