Law Enforcement and Justice Administration

Niyazi Ekici

Associate Professor

Stipes Hall 406
Phone: 309/298-2024
E-mail: N-Ekici@wiu.edu 

Dr. Ekici holds degrees across a spectrum of scientific disciplines, including a B.A. in Security Studies, an M.A. in Political History, an M.A. in Criminal Justice, and a Ph.D. in Criminal Justice. He also holds an Associate Professor Degree and Title in Sociology and currently an Associate Professor and Graduate Faculty Member at Western.

Proudly, Dr. Ekici is a distinguished alumnus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he completed the country's premier Ph.D. program in Criminal Justice.

At both graduate and undergraduate levels, Dr. Ekici imparts knowledge in statistics, research methods, criminological theory, terrorism, public and private security, and policing through his courses.

He has contributed to several recent academic journal articles as a co-author:

(2024). The Path from Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy to Compliance and Cooperation in the Context of Terrorism in Multiculturally Diverse Populations.  European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-024-09574-0

(2023). Verbal Indicators of Deception .  Journal of Forensic Science and Criminal Investigation; 17(1)   : 555952. DOI: 10.19080/JFSCI.2023.17.555952 009

(2022). A meta-analysis of the impact of community policing on crime reduction. Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 7(3), 111-121. https://doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.244

(2021). Perceptions of Generation Z Regarding Terrorism: A Cross-Regional Study. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2021.1894737   

(2020). An Empirical Test of Age-Graded Informal Social Control Theory: New Correlates of Youth Deviance .  Crime & Delinquency . doi : 10.1177/0011128720968493

(2020). A Rule-Based Model for Victim Prediction. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2020.100440

(2020). Structural Equation Modeling of Terror Perception: New Correlates of Perception Formation. Perspectives on Terrorism. Vol. 14 issue 5, pp. 62-76. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26940039?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents  

(2020). Use of Kidnapping and Extortion as a Tool for Financing Terrorism: The Case of the PKK. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression.   https://doi.org/10.1080/19434472.2020.1745257