Central honors Admissions Director Larry Hall with Distinguished Service Award
Associate Professor
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Associate Professor
Cybersecurity, BS
Office
R.C. Vance Academic Center
406
Tuesday
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Wednesday
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Thursday
9:50 am - 10:50 am
Or by appointment
Biography
Since arriving at CCSU, Dr. Lee has taught a variety of courses in cybercrime, comparative criminal justice, and theories of crime at the undergraduate and graduate level. His primary research focuses on the application of traditional criminological theories to multiple forms of cybercrime offending, digital victimization among vulnerable populations, and the prevention of online exploitation through multi-agency partnerships. His peer-reviewed work can be found in Children and Youth Services Review, Security Journal, International Journal of Comparative & Applied Criminal Justice, Child Indicators Research, and Substance Use & Misuse. He is currently the faculty advisor for Central's Criminal Justice Club as well as the CCSU Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma (Criminal Justice Honor Society). He has also served as a Leadership Fellow in the Office of the Dean at the Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences as well as a visiting researcher at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine in Puerto Rico.
Education
Areas of Expertise
- Online Theft and Financial Exploitation
- Technology-Facilitated Sexual Victimization
- Comparative Criminal Justice
- Criminological Theories
Publications, Research & Presentations
Lee, B., Perez-Laras, L., Laras, L., & Vega, S. (2026). “Hola, baby”: An exploratory analysis of situational and technological characteristics in cases of online child sexual abuse victimization in Puerto Rico. Children and Youth Services Review, 190, 1-8.
Lee, B., Jeong, S., Veloria, C., Dlugolenski, E., & Falcon, L. (2024). Explaining substance use among Puerto Rican older adults: Impact of perceived discrimination, perceived stress, and social activities. Substance Use & Misuse, 1595-1603.
Fenoff, R., & Lee, B. (2023). Food documents as food fraud facilitators. Food Safety Magazine.
Lee, B., Fenoff, R., & Spink, J. (2022). Routine activities theory and food fraud victimization. Security Journal, 1-25.
Lee, B., & Paek, S. Y. (2020). Phishing and financial manipulation. In Holt, T. & Bossler, A. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of International Cybercrime and Cyberdeviance (pp. 899-916). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lee, B., Jeong, S., & Paek, S. Y. (2019). Determinants of digital piracy using deterrence, social learning and neutralization perspectives. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 1-14.
Lee, B., Fenoff, R., & Paek, S. Y. (2019). Correlates of participation in e-book piracy on campus. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45(3), 299-304.
Lee, B., Jeong, S., & Roh, M. (2018). Association between body mass index and health outcomes among adolescents: the mediating role of traditional and cyber bullying victimization. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 674.
Lee, B., Paek, S. Y., & Fenoff, R. (2018). Factors associated with digital piracy among early adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 86, 287-295.
Lee, B. (2017). Explaining cyber deviance among school-aged youth. Child Indicators Research, 11(2), 563-584.
Awards & Grants
Cox, S. & Lee, B. (2024 – present). Co-Principal Investigator. Suspended Prosecution Restorative Justice Program. Grant funded by U.S. Department. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and awarded to the Connecticut Judicial Branch, Court Support Services Division.
Schnobrich-Davis, J., Dlugolenski, E., & Lee, B. (2022). Co-Principal Investigator. Next Generation of Student Success, Diversity, Innovation, and Community Engagement. Internal award from Office of the President, Central Connecticut State University.
Cox, S. & Lee, B. (2019 – 2021). Co-Principal Investigator. Assessing the Effects of Early Appointment of Counsel for Youth Offenders. Grant funded by U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and awarded to the State of Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services.
Memberships & Affiliations
American Society of Criminology
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association
Courses Taught
Introduction to Criminal Justice System
Criminology
Research Methods in Criminal Justice
Comparative Criminal Justice
Cybercrime
Supervised Field Studies in Criminal Justice
Nature of Crime
Virtual Crime, Deviance & Society