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Department of Criminal Justice Sciences

Dr. Mijin Kim

Associate Professor
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 414
Office Phone
(309) 438-4561office
phone
Email
mkim113@ilstu.eduemail
  • About
  • Selected Research

Biography

Dr. Mijin Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences. Her research interest focuses on policies and practices in prisons and jails, specifically in identifying institutional problems to understand how confinement conditions impact inmate behavior in prison and post-release. For example, her dissertation assessed the impact of solitary confinement on inmate misconduct. Dr. Kim also served as a Research Fellow at Vera Institute of Justice between 2016-2017.

Current Courses

CJS 499.014 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

CJS 287.017 Independent Study

CJS 400.014 Independent Study

CJS 300.002 Research Methods

CJS 300.003 Research Methods

CJS 440.001 Statistical Applications In Criminal Justice

CJS 291.017 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Criminal Justice Sciences

Grants and Contracts

Methamphetamine, opioids & fentanyl in rural Illinois: An ethnographic exploration of current and emerging issues
Joshua Stout, Kate Sheridan, Theresa Adelman- Mullally, Frank Dwight Beck, Cherrill Stockmann, Anjelica Dominguez, Ralph Weisheit, Christopher Brewer, Kim.
Illinois State University. 2025 - 2026
Towards Recidivism Reduction in the State of Illinois: Predicting Time-dependent Risk of Recidivism
Elham Buxton, Elahe Javadi, Mijin Kim, Sunshin Lee.
Illinois Innovation Network. March 2024 - March 2025

Journal Article

Frugal or Sustainable? The Interplay of Consumers’ Personality Traits and Self-Regulated Minds in Recycling Behavior
Christina Soyoung Song, Ji Young Lee, Renissa Mutha, Mijin Kim.
Sustainability, 15 (24), 16821, (2023)
Incercerated in a pandemic: How COVID-19 exacerbated the 'pains of imprisonment'
Miltonette O. Craig, Mijin Kim, Dawn Beichner.
Criminal Justice Review, (2023)
Understanding Police Officers’ Usage of High-Visibility Safety Apparel: The Role of Safety Ethics and Professional Appearance
Christina Soyoung Song [Co-First/Equal Contribution with MiJin Kim], Mijin Kim [Co-First/Equal Contribution with Christina Soyoung Song].
Safety/MDPI, 7 (1), 1-16, (2021), https://doi.org/10.3390/safety7010015

Presentations

Incarcerated in a Pandemic: How COVID-19 Exacerbated the ‘Pains of Imprisonment’
Miltonette O. Craig, Mijin Kim, Dawn Beichner.
European Society of Criminology, Florence, Italy, September, 2023
U.S. Women in Justice Professions: A Half a Century After Title VII
Dawn Beichner, Cara Rabe-Hemp, Mijin Kim.
NGOCSW Forum, Online, March, 2022
Teaching Civic Engagement to Criminal Justice Students
Joanne Savage, Mijin Kim.
Annual Conference of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, IL, November, 2021