Eunyoung Kim - Profile

Professor Eunyoung Kim received her Ph.D in crime, law, and society from the Department of Sociology, Criminology and Law & Society at the University of Florida at Gainesville. Currently, she is a professor in the Department of Police Administration and Criminology at Catholic Kwandong University, South Korea.

She is specialized on various issues including criminological theories, investigative psychology, corrections, victimology, terrorism, and immigrant and refugee issues. She has published a number of books, and book chapters, and articles in world renowned journals. Her latest books include Handbook for applied investigative psychology, Handbook for corrections and its relevant issues, and Understanding international crime, multi-dimensional security integrated security. The latest studies are “Torture Experiences and Mental Health Problems among Refugees: The Impact of Repatriation to North Korea on Mental Disorders” (2021), Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma; and “Gender difference in the association between alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms among the elderly in rural areas”(2020), Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse.