PPS 8.10 Form 1A
TEXAS STATE VITA
I. Academic/Professional Background
A. Name: John Allen McLaren Title: Associate Professor
B. Educational Background
Degree / Year / University / Major / Thesis/DissertationJ.D. / 1969 / University of Texas Law School / Senior Seminar Research Project “Due Process in Revocation of Parole”
B.A. / 1966 / Texas Tech University / Government (International Relations)
30 SCH / 1978-79 / University of Texas at Austin / Communications
Graduate School
C. University Experience
Position / University / DatesCoordinator / Round Rock Higher Education Center
Criminal Justice Program / Fall 2005-Present
Acting Chair / Southwest Texas State University
Department of Criminal Justice / Fall 1998-Fall 2001
Associate Professor / Southwest Texas State University
Department of Criminal Justice / 1987-Present
Assistant Professor / Southwest Texas State University
Department of Criminal Justice / 1982-1987
Instructor / Southwest Texas State University
Department of Criminal Justice / 1980-1982
Students’ Legal Advisor / Southwest Texas State University / 1980-1981
Assistant Professor / University of Central Florida
Department of Public Administration / 1975-1976
Coordinator / University of Central Florida
Allied Legal Services Program / 1975-1976
D. Relevant Professional Experience
Position / Entity / DatesAttorney, Associate Editor / Research and Planning Corporation (RPC) Inc., Austin, Texas, Texas National Resources Reporter / 1977-1979
Attorney / Private Practice of Law
Austin, Texas / 1974-1975
Assistant Director of and Legal Counsel / Human Relations Commission of the City of Austin / 1973-1974
Supervising Attorney / Travis County Legal Aid and Defender Society, Consumer Protection Division / 1971-1973
Staff Attorney / Travis County Legal Aid and Defender Society, Austin, Texas / 1970-1971
II. TEACHING
A. Teaching Honors and Awards:
Named Alpha Chi Favorite ProfessorAlpha Chi Favorite Professor Spring 2012
Recipient of Faculty Developmental Leave, Fall, 2005
Recipient of Stipend to develop Honors Course in Controlled Substance Policy, Summer, 2005
Favorite Professor, Kappa Alpha Theta 2002
Recipient of Faculty Developmental Leave, Spring, 1991
Recipient of first Merrick Endowment Instructional Development, Summer, 1983.
Nominee for Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
B. Courses Taught:
Southwest Texas State University/Texas State University-San Marcos:
Terrorism
Comparative Criminal Justice
History of Criminal Justice (graduate)
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement
Criminal Procedure and Evidence
Criminal Law
Contemporary Legal Issues in Law Enforcement
Contemporary Legal Issues in Corrections
Seminar in Special Problems in Law Enforcement
Juvenile Justice
Administrative Law in Criminal Justice (graduate)
Contemporary Legal Issues in Criminal Justice (graduate)
Criminal Justice Internship
Readings in CriminalJustice
University of Central Florida:
Introduction to the Legal Process
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Criminal Procedure
Family Law
Property Law
Corporations and Business Associations
Civil Procedure
Legal Research
Criminal Law
Graduate Seminar in Public Policy
University of Texas School of Law:
Seminar in Poverty Law (developed and team taught new course)
Legal Aid Internship, 1970-73
Huston-Tillutson College:
Principles of American Government, Summer, 1969
C. Graduate Theses/Dissertations or Exit Committees (if supervisor, please indicate):
Thesis Committee, Charles Edward Campbell, “Employment at Will and Texas Public Employees” in support of Master of Public Administration, 1988.
Thesis Committee, Sherry A. Schroeder, “The News Entertainment Media and Their Effect on Public Perception of Crime and Criminal Justice”, 1994. In support of M.S.C/J.
Thesis Committee, Sara B. Baron, “Changing Reality: Collier’s Crusade, Conspiracy, and the Great American Fraud”, in support of Master’s degree in Communication, 1994.
Thesis Committee, Lance R. Hignite, “Prosecuting Criminal Street Gangs; A survey of Texas Prosecutors”, 1996, in support of M.S.C.J.
Thesis Committee, Brad Schley, “Money Laundering: A Crime of Recent Invention” 1999?In Support of M.S.C.J.
Thesis Committee, Debbie Cunningham, “Effects of a Drug Diversion Program on Client Recidivism”, May, 2000
Thesis Committee, Jessica L. Contreras, “The Status of the Fetus: An Examination of Fetal Personhood and Fetal Protection in the United States”, July, 2005
Service on approximately 50 professional paper committees since inception of MSCJ; equal number of exit committees.
D. Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development:
Texas State University San Marcos:
Contemporary Legal Issues in Corrections
Contemporary Legal Issues in Law Enforcement
Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement
Administrative Law in Criminal Justice (graduate)
Current Legal Issues in Criminal Justice (graduate)
E. Funded External Teaching Grants and Contracts:
N/A
F. Submitted, but not Funded, External Teaching Grants and Contracts:
N/A
G. Funded Internal Teaching Grants and Contracts:
Recipient of Stipend to develop Honors Course in Controlled Substance Policy, Summer, 2005
N/A
H. Submitted, but not Funded, Internal Teaching Grants and Contracts:
N/A
I. Other:
N/A
III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE
A. Works in Print
Books
McLaren, John & Stickels, John, Texas Intermediate Sanctions Bench Manual 2003, published
by Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/publications/cjad/Bench-Manual.pdfCommunity Justice
Assistance Division, August 2003. Also available from Texas Department of Criminal Justice on CD-ROM.
a. Scholarly Monographs:
McLaren, John, chapter on “Criminology of White Collar Crime” in Fraud Examiners Manual,
2nd ed., published by Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Austin, TX (Jan. 1994).
b. Textbooks:
N/A
c. Edited Books:
N/A
d. Chapters in Books:
McLaren, John “Prisoner’s Rights: The Pendulum Swings” in Prisons Today, 2d ed., Aspen
Publishers, 2006.
McLaren, John. “Prisoner’s Rights: The Pendulum Swings” in Prisons: Today and Tomorrow.
Aspen Publisher, 1997.
McLaren, J.A. and McGlew, P. (1977). Chapter entitled “Legal-Institutional Analysis” in Inland
Canals, An Alternative for Industry, a study to Assess the Feasibility of Inland Canals as
an Alternative to Bay and river Margin Port and Industrial Development, Research and Planning Consultants, Austin, Texas.
e. Creative Books:
N/A
2. Articles
Refereed Journal Articles:
Henson, Verna J., McLaren, John A., & Stone, William E., “Texas Hospital Administrator’s Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners”, International Journal of Sociological Research, Vol.2, Nos. 1-2, January –December 2009, 101-115
McLaren, John, Verna Henson, William E. Stone, “The Sexual; Assault Nurse Examiner and the Successful Sexual Assault Prosecution”. Women and Criminal Justice, Vol. 19, Number2, April-June 2009, pp. 137-152
Stone, William, Henson, Verna, and McLaren John, “Law Enforcement Perception of Sexual
Assault Nurses”, Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol.3.No. 2, pp. 103-126, Fall 2006.
McLaren, John and Stone, William E., “Assessing the Undergraduate Intern Experience,”
Journal of Criminal Justice Education. Spring 1999. Vol. 10, Iss. 1; p. 171 (13 pages)
McLaren, J.A., “A Lawyer’s Guide to Search Warrants and the New Federalism”, “Criminal
Law Bulletin”, Vol. No. 1, January-February, 1986, pp 5-17.
b. Non-refereed Articles:
McLaren, J.A. (1985). “Vehicle Inventories: The 1985 Models Are In,” Texas Police Journal,
Vol. 33, No. 9, October, 17-21.
3. Abstracts:
N/A
4. Reports:
“Fair Housing and the City of Austin,” a report prepared for the City of Austin, Texas, Human
Relations Commission, January, 1975.
5. Book Reviews:
Review of To Be a Trial Lawyer by F. Lee Bailey, 48 Texas Bar Journal 10, pp.1270-73,
November, 1985.
6. Other:
VIDEOTAPE:
“Fundamentals of Legal Research,” written, directed and produced for the Department of
Criminal Justice, SWTSU, copyright October, 1983.
B. Works not in Print
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
“Disinformation in the Criminal Justice System: Myths of Criminal Profiling” accepted for presentation at the Southwester Association of Popular Culture Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February16, 2013.
“Mythology of Criminal Profiling”, presented at Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Annual Conference, Clear Lake, Texas, October 2013
“Understanding The Real ID Act”, co-authored with Dr. Verna Henson, presented at the annual
meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, Spring
2005.
“Preliminary Findings on Research Regarding the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program in
Texas, presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Association of Criminal
Justice, San Antonio,, Texas, October, 2002.
“What is a Terroristic Threat?’, presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Association
of Criminal Justice, Fort Worth, Texas, October, 1999.
“Basis of Liability for Injuries to Civilians by Military: the Ezequiel Hernandez Case”, presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice, San Antonio,
Texas, October 1998.
"The Posse Comitatus Act and Its Amendments: Issues of Liability for Injuries Sustained by
Citizens at Hands of the Military", Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March, 1998 (Co-author David
Perkins).
“Assessing the Undergraduate Intern Experience,” presented at the annual meeting of the
Academy of Criminal Justice Science, Louisville, Kentucky, March 1997.
“Mandatory Videotaping of Police Interrogation of Criminal Suspects in Custody”, presented at
the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, April, 1994.
“Admissibility of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test Evidence”, co-authored with Mr. Marshall
Lloyd, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association,
April, 1993, Corpus Christi, Texas.
“Relaxation of Probable Cause Standards: The Impact On Temporary Detention Doctrine”, co-
author with Dr. David Perkins, presenter at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 1992.
“Emerging Issues in Stop and Frisk,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwest
Association of Criminal Justice Educators, San Antonio, Texas, October, 1991.
“Search and Arrest Warrants,” Texas Municipal Courts Training Institute for Municipal Judges,
February, 1990.
“Some Issues Concerning Vehicle Passengers and the Fourth Amendment,” presented at the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C., March, 1989.
“The Use of Physical Force and Threats as a tool of Interrogation: An Idea Whose Time Has
Come Again?” Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Orlando, Florida, March, 1986.
“State Judicial Reaction to Illinois v. Gates: An Example of the New Federalism in Criminal
Procedure,” presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice
Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 1985.
“Excluding the Exclusionary Rule: The Good Faith Exception,” presented at the annual meeting
of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, San Antonio, Texas, March, 1983.
2. Invited Talks, Lectures, and Presentations:
“Psychics and Criminal Investigation” panel member, event sponsored by KUT National Public Radio affiliate, Austin, Texas January 20, 2013.
“Freedom of Speech seminar sponsored by the political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha and Common Experience, October 2011
“Terrorism in the 21st Century”, moderator and panelist of forum cosponsored by Departments of Criminal Justice, Psychology, and Mass Communications, Texas State University- San Marcos, July 3 2010, Round Rock Texas.
“Juveniles and the Fourth Amendment” address delivered to Annual Winter Training
Conference, Center for Safe Schools and Communities, Texas State University San Marcos, San Antonio, December 2003.
“The Death Penalty as Ritual”, Philosophy Dialogue Series, Texas State University Philosophy Department, Fall 2004.
Speaker, Seminar on Racial Profiling, Sponsored by Student Association, SWRSU, Spring 2003.
Closing Remarks at Conference “Bridging the Gap; Domestic Violence and Community
Policing”, co-sponsored by the Texas Institute for Public Policy Solving and the Department of Criminal Justice, SWTSU, Austin, Texas. August, 1999.
Speaker on “Impact of High Technology on Community Policing “at Conference on Community
Policing sponsored by the Austin Police Department, Austin, Texas, May 1999.
Testimony before the Texas State House of Representatives Criminal Jurisprudence Committee regarding multiple legislative bills on pretextual vehicle stops and electronic monitoring by private parties. April, 1999.
Speaker, “The New College Cop”, Conference on Minority & Women in Community Policing, sponsored by the Texas Institute for Public Policy Solving, Austin, Texas, October29-31, Austin Texas
Chair and Discussant, Panel on Legal Issues, Southwestern Academy of Criminal Justice, October, 1998.
Instructor, Pre-Service Supervision Officer Certification Course, Texas Department of Criminal Justice 1993- 1996.
Moderator, panel on Technology and Criminal Justice, Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April, 1994.
Moderator and Discussant, Panel on Legal Issues in Criminal Justice, Southwestern Association of Criminal Justice Educators, San Antonio, Texas, October, 1991.
Faculty Member, Institute for Certified Fraud Examiners Certification Course,, Austin, Texas, December, 1990, June, 1990.
“Constitutional Rights and Probationers”. Delivered to The Courts and the Constitution: A Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers, June, 1990
Chair and discussant, panel on “Contemporary Issues on Individual Rights and Law,” annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Washington, D.C. March, 1989.
Chair and discussant, panel on Contemporary Legal Issues, annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 1985.
Discussant, panel on “Statistical Methods in Criminal Justice,” annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, April, 1985.
Speaker, Human Rights Awareness Week, symposium sponsored by the University of Texas Student Union. Topic: “Tipping the Scales: The American Criminal Justice System on Trial.” November, 1983.
Speaker, symposium on Sexual Assault, sponsored by Criminal Justice Students Association, Southwest Texas State University, March, 1983.
Consultancies:
Expert Witness on Sentencing Law for Austin, Texas law firm of Minton, Burton, Foster and Collins (2005). Sexual Assault Trial, District Court ,Hays County, Tx.
N/A
4. Workshops:
N/A
5. Other:
N/A
C. Grants and Contracts
1. Funded External Grants and Contracts:
Co- Principal Investigator, Grant from the Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas, Crime Victims Services Division, to assess the impact of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Training Program, Fall 2002. (funded)
Principal Investigator, Grant from the Community Justice Assistance Division, Texas Department of Criminal Justice for preparation of Community Corrections Sentencing Manual, Fall 2001. (funded)
Principle Investigator, Contract with Texas Office of the Attorney General, Victims Services, to host First Annual Texas Conference on Victims Services at Texas State-San Marcos, Summer 2001.
Watts, David, Dunn, Margaret, Wright, Lloyd, McLaren, John A. and Stone, William E. United States Department of Education, June 1988, Drug Free Schools and Communities: Security Assistance Program for SMCISD, (funded).
Applied to City of Austin to fund a Consumer Counseling Center for financially distressed citizens. Funded in 1972, funding assumed by Travis County since 1977.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission grant filed on behalf of the City of Austin to fund
investigation and preliminary disposition of complaints of discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodations. Funded 1977 to present.