Gary Cornelius

Adjunct Faculty
Administration of Justice Department

Retired Lieutenant

Fairfax County Sheriff's Office

Education

Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy Basic Police School, 1977.
B.A., Edinboro State College, 1974.

Professional Experience

Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Correctional Services Division: Programs and Recreation Supervisor - Lieutenant (10/95 to2005)
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Administrative Services Division - Lieutenant (9/93-9/95)
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Community Corrections Division Treatment Branch - Lieutenant (3/90-8/91 & 9/92-9/93)
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Community Corrections Division Community Branch - Lieutenant (8/91-9/92)
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Community Corrections Division Residential Unit Supervisor - Sergeant (3/87-3/90)
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Diagnostic and Treatment Division: Classification Counselor - Sergeant (4/80-3/87)
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office, Confinement Officer (1/78-4/80)
Herndon Police Department, Police Officer (4/76-1/78)
U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division, Officer (6/74-4/76)

Publications

The Correctional Officer: A Practical Guide, Carolina Academic Press. 2001.
The Art of the Con: Risisting Offender Manipulation, American Correctional Association. 2001.
The Twenty Minute Trainer, LRP Publications, Inc. 2001
"Stress Management and Its Importance to Jail Security," presented at the ACA 124th Congress of Corrections (published in the Congress Proceedings). 2000.
"Inmate Rights: Sparks for Staff Training", Corrections Today, February 1997.
Jails in America: An Overview of Issues, 2nd Ed., American Correctional Association. 1996.
"Reducing Inmate Problems with the Human Services Approach, American Jails, Nov-Dec 1995.
"Inmate Leaders," Jail Operations Bulletin, Vol. VII, No. 4, publication of American Jail Association. 1995.
Stressed Out! Strategies for Living and Working with Stress in Corrections, American Correctional Association. 1994.
"Volunteers," Jail Operations Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 1, publication of American Jail Association. 1994.
"Anger Management: A Key Tool for Survival." Corrections Today. American Correctional Association. Dec 1993.
"Keys to Effective Inmate Management: Avoiding Manipulation" (published in The Effective Correctional Officer, American Correctional Association, and also appeared as "Avoiding Manipulation: Understanding Prison Culture Is Key to Inmate Management", published in Corrections Today, Dec. 1992, publication of American Correctional Association).
"Working with Manipulative Inmates Correspondence Course", published by American Correctional Association. (Authored first draft). 1992.
"Work Release: An Overview," Jail Operations Bulletin, Vol. III, No. 3, publication of the American Jail Association. Dec 1992.
"Special Problems in Inmate Management," Jail Managers Bulletin, Vol. III, No. 4, publication of the American Jail Association. 1992.
"Managing Stress Lesson Plan," publication of the American Correctional Association. 1991.
"Coping with the Job," Jail Operations Bulletin, Vol. III, No. 3, publication of the American Jail Association. 1991.
"Ethics and Responsibility," Jail Supervisors Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 5, co-authored, publication of the American Jail Association. 1991.
"Stress Management," Jail Operations Bulletin, Vol. II, No. 3, publication of the American Jail Association. 1991.
"Training Officers from Jail to Community Corrections: New Strategies for a New Era," American Jails, July-Aug 1990.
"Time Management in Training: Getting the Most Training in the Least Amount of Time," presented at the ACA 119th Congress of Corrections (published in the Congress Proceedings). 1990.
"The Golden Rule in Corrections: Staff and Inmates Reducing Each Other's Stress," presented at the Fourth Annual Trainer's Conference: American Association of Correctional Training Personnel (published in Issues in Correctional Training and Casework, Vol. 5, Eastern Kentucky University). 1989.
"The Twenty Minute Trainer," a quarterly column published in the Journal of Correctional Training. 1989-present.
Volunteer's Handbook, Fairfax County Adult Detention Center Programs Section

Awards

2004 - Instructor Appreciation Award in recognition of excellence in teaching and support given to the Administration of Justice Program
Board of Directors Award of Excellence in Correctional Training, International Association of Correctional Training Personnel, 1995.
Who's Who Among Human Services Professionals, The National Reference Institute, 1992-1993.

Professional Affiliations

American Correctional Association
Virginia Correctional Association
Fairfax County Sheriff's Association
American Jail Association, International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (formerly the American Association of Correctional Training Personnel)
International Association of Correctional Officers.