Dr. Hyeyoung Lim is a criminal justice generalist by training. She served as a member of the Special Crime Prevention Committee at the Probation Office, Seoul (South Korea), and trained as a professional counselor. She came to the United States for her doctoral training in 2003 and received her PhD in Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University, Texas, in 2008. She joined to the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) as a research specialist in 2007 and conducted a various studies in the area of policing, including curriculum and training evaluations and police use of force with local agencies. Her primary research interests include police decision making, policy and program evaluation, and organizational behavior. A recently developed line of research focuses on police and community relations.