Campbell/Spillane Substance Use Research - Interview with Thomas Mieczkowski

Abstract

Thomas Mieczkowski, PhD, is Professor Emerita and Former Chair of Criminology at the University of South Florida. He is a researcher and academic whose interests have included drug smuggling, theories of syndicated crime organizations, drug distribution organizations and methods, drug epidemiology, the validation of various drug detection technologies with an emphasis on ion mobility spectrometry and radioimmunoassay of hair, and the estimation of drug prevalence and incidence using bioassays and survey methods. Dr. Mieczkowski has published over 100 scholarly articles, book chapters, and three books. In 1993 he published Drugs, Crime, and Social Policy (Allyn and Bacon), in 1999 a book with CRC Press on bioassay technology titled Drug Testing Methods: Assessment and Evaluation, and most recently a book with Dr. Robert Dupont and Dr. Richard Newel on drug testing in the criminal justice system with Hazelden Press. Since receiving his Ph.D. from Detroit's Wayne State University in 1985, Dr. Mieczkowski has received more one million dollars in research funding. He is an active member of the International Association of Forensic Toxicology, The British Academy of Forensic Sciences, The European Hair Research Society, and The American Society of Criminology. He is the editor of the International Journal of Drug Testing. Dr. Mieczkowski has been an active consultant including consultations with both governmental and private agencies. He has consulted for the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Justice, the American Probation and Parole Association, The American Correctional Association, The American College of Public Health, The Criminal Justice Statistics Research Association, and several private corporations including Michelin Tire and the Anheuser Busch Corporation. Dr. Mieczkowski has lectured internationally, including invited lectures at the Royal Society of Medicine in London, the National Youth Center in Tokyo, and to a consortium of police executives in the United Arab Emirates. He serves on the boards of the Stapleford Charitable Trust in Great Britain, and the Stapleford Foundation in the United States. He is a former board member of the Hair Research Society. He is an invited member of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration committee on standards and practices for hair analysis. Source: https://www.usf.edu/cbcs/criminology/faculty-staff/t-mieczkowski.aspx Accessed 12 Mar 2023.