Joseph B. Kuhns

Dr. Joe Kuhns, an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, teaches courses in policing, drugs and crime, and research methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prior to arriving at UNCC, Dr. Kuhns served as a Senior Policy Analyst at the U.S. Department of Justice (Office of Community Oriented Policing Services).

Dr. Kuhns has worked on dozens of research and evaluation projects that focused on police use of force, spouse abuse and homicide, reducing harms associated with prostitution, community policing in small cities/towns, managing the growth of police agencies, and drug and violent crime relationships.

From 2005-2009, he worked with a number of scholars and with the Trinidad and Tobago Police Services to help to reduce violent crime and improve law enforcement services in that developing country. Dr. Kuhns also continues to explore the relationship between drug use and violent behavior by analyzing toxicology data within and outside of the United States.