Education
- Certificate, Forensic Accounting, New York University
- PhD, CUNY Graduate Center/John Jay College (Criminal Justice)
- MPhil, CUNY Graduate Center (Criminal Justice)
- MA, John Jay College (Criminal Justice)
- BA, Cum Laude, Ramapo College of New Jersey (Law & Society)
- AS, Morris County College (Criminal Justice)
Bio
Chelsea Binns is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is the author/editor of three books: Fraud Hotlines: Design, Performance & Assessment, CRC Press, 2017, The Art of Investigation, CRC Press, 2020, and Safety & Security in Hotels and Home Sharing, Springer, 2020. She is currently working on her second book in The Art of Investigation series, coming out in late 2022/early 2023.
Chelsea is a security expert, a licensed Private Investigator and a Certified Fraud Examiner. Chelsea is the immediate past president of the New York Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (NYCFE) and fomer Chair of the ACFE Chapter Leader's Committee.
Her research interests are focused on corporate security & investigations matters, including background checks, corporate crime, cybercrime, employee crime, financial crime, investigative technique, organizational fraud and white collar crime. She has extensive security, management and investigative experience, having worked for prestigious organizations such as Citibank, Morgan Stanley, New York City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) and the New York State Office of the Attorney General. Before joining John Jay College, she was a Senior Vice President in Citibank's Fraud Surveillance Unit in New York City.
Ms. Binns frequently lectures before elite audiences to include major industry groups, governmental organizations and investigative teams. She is also a sought-after expert researcher who has performed several commissioned studies to date. Recognition of her work has included being named among PI Magazine's "America's Top PIs of 2022" and the 2020 Speaker of the Year by the ACFE Rhode Island Chapter.
Her recent work includes a study funded by the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) titled "Using Social Media to Gather Security Intelligence."
Chelsea has a doctorate and two master’s degrees in Criminal Justice from the CUNY Graduate Center/John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
JJC Affiliations
Professional Memberships
- Chair, Chapter Leader's Committee, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
- Past President, New York Chapter, ACFE
- Past Member, Higher Education Advisory Committee, ACFE
- Member, ACFE Advisory Council
- Member, Advisory Board, Salameno School of Humanities and Global Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Member, American Society of Criminology
- Member, Asian Criminological Society
- Member, American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS)
- Member, FBI Infraguard
- Member, Society of Professional Investigators
- Member, World Association of Detectives
Course Taught
- Cybercrime Investigations SEC 217
- Cyber Fraud and Identity Theft, SEC 317
- Business Continuity Planning, PMT 762/SEC 762
- Security & Design of Security Systems, SEC 753
- Safety & Security of Financial Institutions, SEC 348
- Seminar in Security Problems, SEC 405
Scholarly Work
Books
Binns, C, & Sackman, B. The Art of Investigation II, Routelege (in progress, anticipated 2023)
Binns, C. & Kempf, R. (Sept. 2020) Safety & Security in Hotels and Home Sharing, Springer, 2020
Peer Reviewed Articles
Binns, C. and Kempf, R. (2020) "Background Checks: The Theories Behind the Process." Security Journal.
Binns, C. (Fall 2017) “Cybercrime Response in the United States and Japan: A Comparative Analysis." Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Annual: Global Perspectives, New York: John Jay Press, Volume 7, pp. 153-174.
Book Chapters
Binns, C. “Crime and Security” [Chapter 4] in Theoretical Foundations of Homeland Security: Strategies, Operations & Structures. Taylor and Francis/Routledge, December 2020.
Binns, C. (Jan. 2019) Government Employees Unaware they are Cybercrime Victims [Chapter 1] in Cybersecurity: Current Writings on Threats and Protection. Gonzalez, J. & Kemp, R. (Eds.), Mc Farland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, North Carolina.
Binns, C. (Jan 2019) Law Enforcement Partnerships Enhance Cybersecurity Investigations [Chapter 47] in Cybersecurity: Current Writings on Threats and Protection. Gonzalez, J. & Kemp, R. (Eds.), Mc Farland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, North Carolina.
Binns, C. (Sept. 2016) New York Corruption Investigation Trends [Chapter 19] in Corruption and America's Cities: Essays and Case Studies. Gonzalez, J. & Kemp, R. (Eds.), Mc Farland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, North Carolina.
Binns, C. (Sept. 2016) Vigilence Required for New York Government Employees [Chapter 37] in Corruption and America's Cities: Essays and Case Studies. Gonzalez, J. & Kemp, R. (Eds.), Mc Farland & Company, Inc. Jefferson, North Carolina.
Professional Contributions
Binns, C. & Kempf, R. (2021) "Using Social Media to Gather Security Intelligence." ASIS Foundation
Binns, C. (Spring 2017) “Homeland Security Cellphone Searches: Effective Investigative Tool or Extreme Invasion of Privacy?” Security Director (American Society for Industrial Security).
Binns, C. (Apr. 2017) (Contributor) Fraud Edge Column. “The Future is Now in Higher Education.” Fraud Magazine (Association of Certified Fraud Examiners).
Binns, C. (Spring 2014) “Fraud Hotlines and Cybercrime Prevention in the Financial Industry.” Citibank Cyber Intelligence Journal. pp. 70-74.
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Honors and Awards
- Certificate of Recognition, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, John Jay College, 2018
- H. Craig Collins Award to Distinguished Faculty, St. John’s University, Apr. 2017
- Faculty Recognition Award, St. John’s University, Aug. 2016
- Morgan Stanley Client Service Award, 2009
- Doctoral Program Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center/John Jay College, 2007
Research Summary
Chelsea's research interests are focused on corporate security & investigations matters, including background checks, corporate crime, cybercrime, employee crime, financial crime, investigations, and organizational fraud.