Garrison, Arthur H.

Editor, Journal Criminal Justice and the Law: A Publication of the Law and Public Policy Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Chair, Law and Public Policy Section, Academy of Criminal Justice Science

Dr. Garrison has more than 15 years of criminal justice academic and practical experience. Before joining academia, Dr. Garrison was a Pre-Sentence Investigation Officer for the New Castle County Delaware Family Court before taking a position as a criminal justice planner with the Delaware Criminal Justice Council (CJC).

During his 11 years at the CJC, he supervised the planning of various federal criminal justice program funding sources including the Byrne Memorial Block Grant, the Weed and Seed grant, and the Juvenile Justice grant. As Senior Researcher, Dr. Garrison wrote more than 25 policy reports and evaluations on various initiatives including drug treatment, adult and juvenile crime prevention and reduction programs, crime pattern analysis, and law enforcement crime reduction programs. He also has presented more than 30 papers at various state, regional, and national criminal justice and policy conferences. He has published more than 30 articles in various peer-reviewed journals and law reviews. During his tenure at CJC he was detailed to serve as the Project Director for the initial Wilmington Hope Commission in 2005-2006 which developed the "Wilmington Plan" to reduce crime and violence in the City of Wilmington, Delaware.

Dr. Garrison's research includes constitutional law, legal history, criminal justice policy, and race and criminal justice. Dr. Garrison received his B.A. in Political Science from Kutztown University, M.S. in Criminal Justice from West Chester University, and his Doctor of Law and Policy from Northeastern University.

Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure
Diversity in Criminal Justice
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Introduction to Law


Other Courses Taught:
Contemporary Legal Issues in Criminal Justice
Criminology
Development of Criminal Justice System
Evidence
Gender and Criminal Justice
National Security and Constitutional Law
Senior Seminar

Northeastern University: LP.D. Doctor of Law and Policy (2011)
West Chester University: M.S. Criminal Justice (1995)
Kutztown University: B.A. Political Science (1990)

Selected Publications:

Books:

MAGA and the White Social Conservative Worldview: The Rhetoric That Colonized the Republican Party (Lexington Books, 2025)

Racial Narratives and the Development of Trumpism: The Whitewashing of the American Story (Lexington Books, 2025)

I Am He Who Sees: Justice Defined by the Hand of God (Keledei Publications, 2023)

Lord, Help My Unbelief: Stories of How God Answers Prayers When We Are Afraid to Have Faith (Keledei Publications, 2023)

Chained to the System: The History and Politics of Black Incarceration in America (Cognella Press, 2020)

Race and Criminal Justice: Rhetoric, Politics, and Policy (Cognella Academic Publishers, 2019)

Supreme Court Jurisprudence in Times of National Crisis, Terrorism, and War, Terrorism: A Historical Perspective (Lexington Books, 2011).

Book Chapters:

"The Theory and Application of Terrorism: A Review of Historical Development" in Terror: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism, eds. Brett Bowden and Michael T. Davis (Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 2008), p. 21-41.

Selected Articles:

2022 Garrison, A., "Differential Race Outcomes in Police Shootings: Applying Situational Context Analysis to Five Years of Washington Post Police Use of Deadly Force Data (2015-2019)." The Journal of Race and Policy, 16(1):5-32.

2021 Garrison, A., "The OLC Emoluments Clause Jurisprudence in the Executive Branch." University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, 23(4):753-793 (invited article).

2018 Garrison, A., "Criminal Culpability, Civil Liability, and Police Created Danger: Why and How the Fourth Amendment Provides Very Limited Protection from Police Use of Deadly Force" 28:3 George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal 241-339.

2018 Garrison, A., "A Hermeneutical Proof of the Bible" 5(1) Journal of Grace Theology 3-38.

2016 Garrison, A. "Defining the Meaning and Purpose of Justice, Law, and Criminal Justice: A Hermeneutical Judeo-Christian Biblical Perspective" 55(1) Journal of Catholic Legal Studies 1-82.

2014 Garrison, A. "Law and Politics in the Aftermath of 9/11: Understanding the Interaction of Politics, Power, the Role of the OLC, and the Law During the Bush Administration, Through Agency and Policy Theory" Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 24(1): 1-25.

2014 Garrison, A. "The Traditions and History of the Meaning of the Rule of Law" Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 12 (2): 565-619.

2014 Garrison, A. "NYPD Stop and Frisk, Perceptions of Criminals, Race and the Meaning of Terry v Ohio: A Content Analysis of Floyd, et al. v City of New York" Rutgers Race and the Law Review 15: 65-156.

2014 Garrison, A. "The Rule of Law and the Rise of Control of Executive Power" Texas Review of Law & Politics 18(2):304-355.

2013 Garrison, A. "The Office of Legal Counsel "Torture Memos": A Content Analysis of What the OLC Got Right and What They Got Wrong" Criminal Law Bulletin 49(5):997-1053.

2013 Garrison, A. "The History of Executive Branch Legal Opinions on the Power of the President as Commander-in-Chief from Washington to Obama" Cumberland Law Review 43(3):375-494.

2013 Garrison, A. "The Supreme Court and its Role to Decide Issues of Law and Not Justice: Criminal Justice and the 2011 Term" Criminal Law Bulletin 49(2):274-304.

2012/2013 Garrison, A. "The Opinion of the Attorney General and the Office of Legal Counsel: The How and Why They Are Significant" Albany Law Review 76(1):217-251.

2012 Garrison, A. "The Bush Administration and the Torture Memos: A Content Analysis of the Response of the Academic Legal Community" Cardozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal 11(1):1-40.

2012 Garrison, A. "The Role of the OLC in Providing Legal Advice to the Commander-in-Chief after September 11th: The Choices Made by the Bush Administration Office of Legal Counsel" Journal of the National Association of Admini

Constitutional Law
Legal History
Criminal Law
Criminal Justice Policy
Terrorism
National Security Law
Executive Branch Legal Policy and Decision Making
Race and Criminal Justice