Dr. Mike Rossler
Associate Professor
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Dr. Michael T. Rossler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University. Dr. Rossler completed his Ph.D. in from the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University in addition to a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Saginaw Valley State University and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University. His primary research interests involve police-citizen encounters, police responsiveness, police strategies, and police organizational development. He is also interested in crime analysis and prevention as well as Geographic Information Science (GIS). Dr. Rossler’s dissertation examined the relationship between environmental features of a community (i.e., structural disadvantage, residential mobility, and violent crime rate), situational features, and officer based characteristics on the likelihood of aggressive physical resistance against police officers. In addition to his research, Dr. Rossler teaches Introduction to Criminal Justice, Research Methods and Contemporary Policing in America. Dr. Rossler is originally from West Michigan. He now lives in Hudson, IL with his wife Maggie. He can be reached by email at mtrossl@ilstu.edu or by phone at 309-438-2989.
Current Courses
CJS 207.003 Contemporary Policing in America
CJS 299.005 Independent Honor Study
CJS 499.007 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
CJS 287.009 Independent Study
CJS 400.007 Independent Study
CJS 300.001 Research Methods
CJS 300.004 Research Methods
CJS 291.005 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Criminal Justice Sciences
CJS 291.007 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Criminal Justice Sciences
Teaching Interests & Areas
Introduction to Criminal Justice, Research Methods, Contemporary Policing
Research Interests & Areas
Police-citizen encounters, police use of force and citizen resistance, police organizations, policing strategies, police and communities, crime prevention and analysis
Ph D Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
MS Criminal Justice
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
BA Criminal Justice
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI
CAST Outstanding Teacher Award: Pre-tenure Category
College of Applied Science & Technology
2021
CAST Presentation Research Grant
College of Applied Science and Technology
2016
Police Practice & Research Best Paper Award Nominee
Police Practice & Research
2015
CAST Presentation Travel Grant
College of Applied Science and Technology
2015
Michigan State University Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Michigan State University
2015
Grants and Contracts
University Research Grant
Michael T Rossler.
Illinois State University. May 2016
Book Review
ASBO Nation: The criminalisation of nuisance
Michael Rossler.
(2011), 35, 265-266, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
The Courts of Genocide: Politics and the Rule of Law in Rwanda and Arusha
Christina DeJong, Michael Rossler.
(2011), 35, 261-263, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
Book, Chapter
The impact of police technology adoption on social control, police accountability, and police legitimacy
Michael Rossler.
Political Authority, Social Control and Public Policy, Emerald
Conference Proceeding
Citizen Resistance of Police Officers: A contemporary examination
Michael Rossler.
American Society of Criminology, (2014)
Higher Education and Police Occupational Attitudes: The role of college degree major
Eugene A Paoline III, William Terrill, Michael Rossler.
American Society of Criminology, (2013)
Entry and Officer Behavior: Comparing officer discretion in reactive and proactive encounters
William Terrill, Michael Rossler.
American Society of Criminology, (2012)
Flint 21st Century Community Policing Project
William Terrill, Michael Rossler.
Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice 75th Anniversary Celebration, (2011)
Journal Article
Conservation officer perceptions of academy training: Resource specific and general policing tasks
Michael Rossler, Michael Suttmoeller.
Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, (2021)
Conservation officer perceptions of search authority
Michael Rossler, Michael Suttmoeller.
Police Practice & Research, (2021)
Examining the effectiveness of TASERS at gaining citizen compliance
Logan Somers, William Terrill, Michael Rossler, Jason Ingram.
31 (8), 1234-1255, (2020)
Student perceptions of employer use of social media in selection decisions: Comparing criminal justice majors to non-majors
Michael T. Rossler, Charles Scheer.
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 31 (1), 43-62, (2020)
The influence of gender on perceptions of barriers to a police patrol career
Michael Rossler, Cara Rabe-Hemp, Meghan Peuterbaugh, Charles Scheer.
Police Quarterly, 23 (3), 368-395, (2020)
Examining Job Satisfaction among analysts: The impact of departmental integration, role clarity, and IT responsibilities
Emilee Green, Michael Rossler.
International Journal of Police Science & Management, 21 (2), 108-115, (2019)
Perceptions of barriers and patrol career interest among African-American criminal justice students
Michael Rossler, Charles Scheer, Michael J. Suttmoeller.
Policing: An International Journal, 42 (2), 421-440, (2019)
Is All Police Academy Training Created Equally? Comparing Natural Resource Officer and General Police Academy Training
Michael Rossler, Michael J. Suttmoeller.
The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles, 91 (2), 107-122, (2018)
Mental Illness, Police Use of Force, and Citizen Injury
Michael Rossler, William Terrill.
Police Quarterly, 20 (2), 189-212, (2017)
Higher education, college degree major, and police occupational attitudes
Eugene A Paoline III, William Terrill, Michael Rossler.
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 26 (1), 49-73, (2015)
Police service delivery and responsiveness in a period of economic instability
William Terrill, Michael Rossler, Eugene A Paoline III.
Police Practice and Research, 15 (6), 490-504, (2013)
Police responsiveness to service-related requests
Michael Rossler, William Terrill.
Police Quarterly, 15 (1), 3-24, (2012)
Shock collars as a site-aversive conditioning tool for wolves
Shawn T Rossler, Thomas M Gehring, Ronald N Schultz, Michael Rossler, Adrian P Wydeven, Jason E Hawley.
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 36 (1), 176-184, (2012)
Doing more with less: exploring public defenders’ perceptions of workplace challenges
Michael Rossler, Lillie Seggelke, Tara Thomas.
Critical Issues in Justice and Politics, 10 (1), 125-141
Other
Detroit Ceasefire: Interim Report
Edmund McGarrell, Jesenia Pizarro, Giovanni Circio, Elizabeth Adams, Michael Rossler.
(2015)
Environment and Citizen Resistance of Police Coercive Authority: Application of defiance and social disorganization theories
Michael Rossler.
Proquest Dissertations, (2015)
Flint Homicide Preliminary Report
Jesenia Pizarro, Brandon Turchan, Michael Rossler.
(2013)
Flint 21st Century Community Policing Project Report
William Terrill, Michael Rossler.
(2011)
Technical Report
Interest in Police Patrol Careers: An assessment of potential candidates’ impressions of the police recruitment, selection, and training processes.
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler, Leonard Papania.
University of Southern Mississippi/International Association of Chiefs of Police, (2018)
Presentations
Recruiting and Retention
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler.
FBI National Academy Associates Summer Conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia, June 21, 2021
Determinants of Conservation Officer Discretionary Decision Making
Michael Suttmoeller, Michael Rossler.
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 27, 2019
The Influence of Gender on Perceptions of Barriers to a Police Patrol Career
Meghan Peuterbaugh, Michael Rossler, Cara Rabe-Hemp, Charles Scheer.
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 27, 2019
The Critical Role of Mentoring in Recruiting African-American Law Enforcement Officers: Findings from a 5-University Study
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler.
National Sheriffs’ Association Winter Legislative and Technology Conference, Washington, DC, February 10, 2019
Interest in Police Patrol Careers: An assessment of potential candidates’ impressions of the police recruitment, selection, and training processes
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler.
PERF workshop on The Changing Dynamics of Policing and the Police Workforce, Washington, DC, December 4, 2018
Barriers to Entering a Police Patrol Career: Examining Perceptions from Students of Color
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler, Michael J. Suttmoeller.
American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA, November, 2018
Citizen Resistance of Police During Use of Force Encounters
Michael Rossler, William Terrill, Jason Ingram.
American Society of Criminology Conference, Atlanta, GA, November, 2018
Police Career Expectations of Today's Criminal Justice Students: Results of a Five-University Survey
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler, Leonard Papania, Matthew Cobb, Greg Pashley.
International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2018
Police Career Expectations of Today's Criminal Justice Students: Results of a Five-University Survey
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler.
International Association of Law Enforcement Planners annual conference, El Paso, TX, September, 2018
Interest in Police Patrol Careers: An Assessment of Undergraduate Students’ Impressions of the Police Recruitment, Selection, and Training Processes
Charles Scheer, Michael Rossler.
Southern Criminal Justice Association annual conference, Pensacola, FL, September, 2018
Recruitment and Retention of Peace Officers: Strategies and Solutions
Charles Scheer, Mike Parker, Michael Rossler.
National Sheriff’s Association Annual Education and Technology Expo, New Orleans, LA, June, 2018
Examining the Effectiveness of Conducted Energy Devices at Incapacitating Citizens
Logan Somers, William Terrill, Jason Ingram, Michael Rossler.
American Society of Criminology Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2017
Challenges of a Public Defender
Lillie Seggelke, Michael Rossler, Tara Thomas.
Abbey Research Award, Illinois State University, April, 2017
Police External Work Environment and Occupational Attitudes
Michael Rossler, Jason Ingram.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, Kansas City, MO, March 22, 2017
Situational, Officer-based, and Environmental Explanations of Citizen Resistance
Michael Rossler, William Terrill.
American Society of Criminology Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 17, 2016
Environmental influences on the outcomes of police-citizen encounters
Michael Rossler.
Physics Seminar Series, Illinois State University, October 14, 2016
Exploring Variation in Aggressive Resistance Against Police Officers: Officer-Based and Environmental Predictors
Michael Rossler.
American Society of Criminology Conference, Washington, DC, November 18, 2015
Hot Spots in the Motor City: An Examination of Crime Facilitators and Attractors in Problem Locations
Jesenia Pizarro, Edmund McGarrell, Giovanni Circio, Michael Rossler.
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Conference, Orlando, FL, March, 2015