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Dr. Bichler joined the faculty at CSUSB in September 2000 after completing her Ph.D. at Rutgers – State University of New Jersey. Over the past decade, Dr. Bichler has been working with criminal justice agencies, community groups, and city governments to develop solutions to local crime and public safety issues that invoke stronger place management and situational crime prevention. This often involves the use of GIS technology to analyze crime issues. Research into understanding the factors that facilitate crime problems has lead Dr. Bichler to consult on a wide range of projects throughout the United Kingdom , New Zealand , Canada , and the United States.
Generally Dr. Bichler's research involves the study of accidents and hazards, Crime Analysis, Problem-oriented Policing, C.P.T.E.D., Environmental Criminology, Situational Crime Prevention, and the criminal justice application of GIS technology to the study of crime events. Given her interested in applied research and expertise in Problem-oriented Policing, Dr. Bichler accepted a position as one of the judges and a project coach for the Herman Goldstein Excellence in Problem-oriented Policing Award. This international contest involves review of exceptional problem-oriented policing projects. For more information about problem-oriented policing please see http://www.popcenter.org.
Dr. Bichler is founder and director of the Center for Criminal Justice Research. In addition, as the Crime Analysis Division coordinator she is responsible for the new Crime Analysis Certificate Program. The Center for Criminal Justice Research is part of an international research lab consortium focused on program evaluation and the analysis of crime problems. For more information about current projects, please visit the Center's website at http://ccjr.csusb.edu.
Over the past 7 years, Dr. Bichler has been heavily involved with the Western Society of Criminology in various capacities including president and co-editor of their on-line, peer review professional journal the Western Criminology Review. The Western Society of Criminology is an important regional professional association dedicated to applied criminal justice research and program evaluation. Information about this organization is available at http://www.sonoma.edu/cja/wsc/wscpages/default.htm.
Dr. Bichler has received a number of awards and honors in the past few years: J.D. Lohman Award for outstanding service to the Western Society of Criminology; Provost's Dissertation Award 2000 for the top doctoral dissertation; the Graduate Excellence Award for teaching and scholarship; Richard J. Hughes Award for graduating the Master of Arts with the highest standing (Rutgers University, 1996); and the Rutgers Excellence Fellowship Award (1995-1999).
Professional Specialties:
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Ecology
of Crime
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Applications of Geographical Information System Technology to Crime Issues
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Crime Analysis
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Situational Crime Prevention and Problem-oriented Policing |
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Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (C.P.T.E.D.) |
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Methods and Statistics for Social Scientific Research |
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Maritime Corporate Crime |
Selected Publications:
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Bichler, Gisela and Stefanie Balchak (2007). “Address matching bias: ignorance is not bliss.” Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management . 30(1):32-60. |
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Hannah, Mike, Gisela Bichler, and John Welter (2007). “Fraudulent Online Hotel Booking.” FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin . 76(5):1-8. |
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Bichler, Gisela and Larry Gaines (2005). “An Examination of Police Officers' Insights into Problem Identification.” Crime and Delinquency. 51(1):53-74. |
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Bichler, Gisela (2004). “Acknowledging the Influence of Geographic Outliers: An Analytical Caution to Examining Chronic Repeat Victimization.” Security Journal. 17(1):31-50. |
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Bichler, Gisela and Stephen Tibbetts (2003). “Conditional Covariation of Binge Drinking with Predictors of College Students' Cheating” Psychological Reports , 93: 735-749 |
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Bichler, Gisela, Marissa Potchak, and Stephen Tibbetts (2003). “Low Self-Control, Opportunity, and Strain in Students' Reported Cheating Behavior.” Journal of Crime and Justice. 26(1). |
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Bichler-Robertson,
G., and M. Potchak (2002). "Testing the Importance of Target
Selection Factors Associated with Commercial Burglary Using the Blended
Approach." Security Journal. Vol.15, No.4: 41-62. |
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Bichler-Robertson,
G. (2001). “Using GIS to Examine Risk-taking and System Hazard
among Rare Events.” ESRI International User Conference 2001,
Conference Proceedings. Located at web address www.esri.com
and available on CD.
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Bichler-Robertson,
Gisela (2000). Maritime Commercial Passenger Ship Casualties,
1950-1998: An Analysis of Negligent Corporate Risk-taking and System
Hazard. UMI: Ann Arbor, MI.
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Bichler-Robertson,
Gisela (2000). "Conducting a Safety Audit." In: Research
Methods for Criminal Justice (3rd ed) M. Maxfield & E. Babbie.
Wadsworth Publishing Co.: Albany, NY. p. 280-281.
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Bichler-Robertson,
Gisela (1998). "Apartment Management and Crime: accounts of
the supposed link." Security Journal.Vol.11, No.1: 3-9.
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Clarke,
R.V. and G. Bichler-Robertson (1998). "Place managers, slumlords
and crime in low rent apartment buildings.” Security Journal.Vol.11,
No.1: 11-19.
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Bichler-Robertson,
Gisela (1997). "Violence in Canada, eh?" Social Pathology.
3(3). |
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Bichler,
Gisela, and Ronald V. Clarke (1996), "Eliminating Payphone Toll
Fraud at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan", Situational
Crime Prevention: Successful Case Studies, Vol. 6, Criminal Justice
Press: Monsey, NY. (Reprinted in: Situational Crime Prevention:
Successful Case Studies (2nd ed). R.V. Clarke, Harrow & Heston
Publishers: Guilderland, NY). |
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Felson,
Marcus et al. (1996), "Redesigning hell: The Port Authority Bus
Terminal." Situational Crime Prevention: Successful Case Studies,
Vol. 6, Criminal Justice Press: Monsey, NY. |
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Crime
Prevention Association (1995), Parenting Manual for Teaching Safety
to Latchkey Children. British Columbia Crime Prevention Association:
Victoria, Canada. |
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Grants and Consulting
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PALM SPRINGS CRIME ANALYSIS PROJECT. Contract with the City of Palm Springs , CA . This project involves cleaning crime data and conducting advanced statistical analysis, including GIS based analysis of crime data supplied by the Police Department. Then, through a series of meetings, I will assist with the revision of resource deployment. |
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CPTED Training. Contract pending with the City of Fontana to conduct Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design training for city staff (planning and police departments). |
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CHULA VISTA BUDGET MOTEL PROJECT. Contract with the City of Chula Vista, CA. Dr. Bichler is the principal investigator on a collaborative project with the Chula Vista Police Department to research the impact of low cost motels on crime in the city. This M.O.U. details that we collecting baseline information, researching intervention strategies and then conducting follow-up assessment of the intervention success. This entails management practices surveys, environmental surveys and crime analysis. |
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FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences funded by the Chancellor's Office and/or CSUSB Foundation. She is the principal investigator of a project examining the security of public art. Public art has often been the target of vandalism and theft. A variety of mechanisms can be employed to secure exhibits. This project considers the proliferation of decorated fiberglass temporary art exhibits developed to raise funds for various city charities and the efforts to prevent vandalism and theft against these objects. |
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Process
evaluation coordinator for the 2000/2001 Mentally Ill Offender Crime
Reduction Act Demonstration Span Project.
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RIVERSIDE
COUNTY CRIME PREVENTION ACT (A.B. 1913). She is the researcher responsible
for conducting geographic analysis to accompany evaluations of five
juvenile anti-crime programs for the Riverside County Board of Corrections:
Youth Accountability Teams, Youth Court, School Attendance Review
Boards, Riverside Gang Prevention Program, and Family Violence Prevention
Program.
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Project
Manager for the 2000/2001 Mentally Ill Offender Crime Reduction
Act Demonstration Passages Project. This grant is to conduct an
evaluation of the Passages Project run by the San Bernardino County
Sheriffs Department.
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Principle
investigator for the CSUSB/ PEOPLE’S HEALTH NETWORK—COMMUNITY
SURVEY. Community University Partnerships 2000-2001 Fellowships
funded by CUP, CSUSB. The purpose of this project is to bring together
the multidisciplinary expertise of CSUSB faculty, students, and
community leaders and public health professionals associated with
the People’s Health Network (PHN) to develop an understanding
of the perceived needs of impoverished and homeless people residing
in the Inland Empire.
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The
Broadway Area Public Safety and Security Study 1999—A study of
the N.E. Broadway corridor in Newark, New Jersey which produced a
neighborhood revitalization program that included strategies to deal
with crime and deviance problems. Funded by La Casa de Don Pedro Co.
and the St. James Community Development Co. |
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Sub-contracting
to the Project for Public Spaces Inc. for the Lila Wallace Readers-Digest
Urban Parks Institute and other projects. Responsible for collecting
information about park related security concerns, writing informative
memos and brochures, conducting on site security assessments, and
park usership analysis. |
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Two
projects for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police– Cloverdale Community
Police Station, Surrey: the Community Policing Pilot Project and the
Evaluation of “Safe at Play.” |
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Business
Improvement Project for the Gastown Business Improvement District. |
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CSUSB/People's
Health Network--Community Survey. The purpose of this project is to
bring together the multidisciplinary expertise of CSUSB faculty, students,
and community leaders and public health professionals associated with
the People's Health Network (PHN) to develop an understanding of the
perceived needs of members of an impoverished community within the
Inland Empire. The intention is to develop and implement an anonymous
survey that identifies the perceived needs of families attending mass
or receiving weekly food provisions and supplies from the PHN's Jubilee
House (JH), which is a food bank located at Saint George Church in
Ontario. Students are actively involved in this interdisciplinary
research project. The JH director, Dr. Tom Lenert and his volunteer
staff will use the information to prioritize and guide their efforts
beyond weekly food provisions. This project is funded under a Community
University Partnerships 2000-2001 Fellowship. |
Affiliations,
Associations, Consultations:
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American
Society of Criminology
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Academy
of Criminal Justice Sciences
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Western
Society of Criminology
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International
Association of Crime Analysts |
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Massachusetts
Association of Crime Analysts |
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Project
for Public Spaces, Inc. |
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Association for Criminal Justice Research (CA) |
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