Dr. Richard Hough | Experienced Criminal Justice Manager
Offers expertise and insights to clients facing challenges that come with organizational issues or litigation.
Dr. Richard Hough
Dr. Hough is currently Professor of Practice in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at the East Tennessee State University. Professor Hough taught for twenty-five years at the University of West Florida in the university's Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice and the Department of Administration and Law.
Professor Hough has also taught for the University of Maryland Global Campus for more than a decade. In his college and university teaching capacity over the past 30 years, he has both developed and taught undergraduate and graduate criminal justice and public administration courses focused on law enforcement, investigations, violence, juvenile justice, and corrections practices and policy.
Dr. Hough was an active law enforcement and corrections academy instructor teaching defensive tactics/use of force, human diversity, general criminal investigations, homicide and robbery investigations, substance abuse, mental health populations, and juvenile inmate issues for more than 35 years.
Dr. Richard Hough is board certified by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) as a Certified Correctional Health Professional (CCHP).
Dr. Richard Hough is board certified by the Society for Human Resource Management as a Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).
Dr. Richard Hough is board certified by ASIS International as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP).
Dr. Richard Hough is certified by the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) as a Psychological Autopsy Investigator (PAI).
career
Dr. Richard Hough has provided consultation and training on a wide variety of topics for law enforcement, juvenile detention, jails, corrections, and non-profit agencies. In addition, he has served as an expert witness in use of force, police practices, juvenile detention, corrections management, and security practices cases for plaintiffs and defendants.
Dr. Hough is in the minority of career criminal justice professionals who have worked extensively in the field and at high levels, and who have a strong educational, research, and teaching background to augment his professional work experiences. Dr. Hough was honored by the British Society of Criminology by being named an International Ambassador. Dr. Hough is a US Fulbright Specialist and was named the 2019 alternate candidate for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the United Kingdom.
Dr. Hough is proud to be a member of the Calibre Press team of columnists, serve as a research consultant to the training company, and invited as reviewer and instructor resource collaborator of the book Street Survival II.
experience and publications
Dr. Hough holds the following academic degrees and notable educational experience:
· Doctorate in Education, Administrative Studies from the University of West Florida
· Master in Public Administration (MPA) from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
· MPA (ABT) at the University of South Florida. Graduate studies in Public Administration
· Command School, Institute of Police Technology and Management - top academic graduate
· Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute, Florida Department of Law Enforcement
See some of Dr. Hough's published work:
Dr. Hough is the author or co-author of five textbooks
If you are in need of the expertise of a criminal justice professional and forensic criminologist who has in-depth policy and practitioner experience, please contact Dr. Hough to discuss your specific case needs.
