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Florida International University 
Criminal Justice, PCA-351A
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
(305) 348-5523 (office)
348-5848 (fax)
byrnesj@fiu.edu

 

 
 
 
 

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Professor Byrnes:

Mr. Byrnes has been a faculty member in the School of Arts and Science and Criminal Justice since 1999. Prior to joining FIU’s faculty, he taught at Florida State’s School of Criminology. During his career, he assumed the principle responsibility for developing and maintaining project models for the Community Base Policing program at the Miami Dade Police Department. Mr. Byrnes has conducted a plethora of total quality management related research projects, assisting agencies in restyling service delivery in various governments. In addition, Mr. Byrnes performed due diligence activities for project development and acquisition activities including performance project risk assessments for Dade County government. He also helped develop the “decremental budgeting” model for Dade County.

While at Florida State University, Professor Byrnes wrote and developed a city wide alarm ordinance for the city of Tallahassee. He also helped develop the current arrest affidavit utilized by all police departments in the state of Florida. His teaching and research interests include: Theories of Crime, Global Terrorism, Domestic Violence Issues, Criminal Justice Policies, along with the use of force applications. Mr. Byrnes has lectured on Terrorism to various groups and is currently working on a research project on the efficacy of counter terrorism measures. Professor Byrnes also serves as a Journal reviewer for the Southern Criminal Justice Association.

 

 

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