SERVICES
Having served in law enforcement for 25 years and turned scholar, Dr. Ken Lang provides expert analysis in the subject areas concerning: Police Composites and Sketches, Homicide Investigations, Rape and Sex Crimes Investigations, Violent Crime Investigations, Police Shootings, Death Investigations, and Restorative Justice processes.
His experience encompasses 25 years of law enforcement, 15 years investigating violent crimes, and 13 years as a forensic artist.
PROJECTS
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Conducts research on the impact of confidence and accuracy ratings with actual police composites and sketches used in criminal investigations.
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Testified before the West Virginia House and Senate Judiciary Committees to expand restorative justice legislation.
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Consulted with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in creating a pilot restorative justice process in the drug court system.
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Commentates on the Law & Crime Trial Network.
CLIENTS
With the diverse ability to provide expert analysis based on research in police sketches and composites, criminal justice investigations, and restorative justice processes, Dr. Ken Lang has worked with several organizations to include the State of West Virginia legislature, United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, American Friends Service Committee, and the University of Valley Forge.
ABOUT DR. KEN LANG
Dr. Lang began his law enforcement career in 1989 with the Havre de Grace Police Department. He served as a patrol officer for two years until he became employed by the Baltimore County Police Department (BCoPD), where he served for the next 23 years. Initially assigned to the Patrol Division, the administration transferred him to the Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Crimes Against Persons Section, where he completed hundreds of violent crime investigations, including crimes of rape, armed robbery, and murder. In addition to his primary detective assignment, Dr. Lang also served as a certified Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission adjunct police instructor at the BCoPD Academy for 16-years and as an FBI trained forensic artist, completing over 100 composite sketches for the BCoPD and other jurisdictions. His forensic art training encompassed concepts concerning composite sketches, postmortem drawings, age enhancements, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional skull reconstructions. Dr. Lang transitioned into higher education in 2014 following his retirement from law enforcement. He currently serves as the chair for the Department of Criminal Justice at Glenville State University, teaches field forensic courses to undergraduate students, and conducts research.
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