Education
Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York (2026, Criminal Justice)
M.Phil., The Graduate Center, City University of New York (2025, Criminal Justice)
M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2019, Criminal Justice, Police Administration)
Advanced Certificate, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (2019, Crime Prevention and Analysis)
Bio
Dr. Jill Frometa is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Criminal Justice department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She has over a decade of combined academic and practitioner experience across New York City's criminal justice system; and is currently employed as a City Research Scientist at the New York City Police Department (NYPD), where she conducts research and policy analysis on law enforcement practices. Earlier in her career, she worked at the Bronx District Attorney's Office and served as a Junior Research Scientist at New York University, and she holds a Level 1 Crime Analyst certification from the NYS Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Dr. Frometa has been nominated for John Jay's Distinguished Teaching Award for six consecutive years, and she serves on the Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Program Advisory Board at Seton Hall University.
JJC Affiliations
Courses Taught
CJBA 210: Criminal Responsibility
CJBS 250: Research Methods and Statistics in Criminal Justice
CJBS 300: Theory in Practice
CJBS 415: Capstone Seminar for Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
COR 101: Introduction to Corrections
PSC 107: Introduction to Criminal Investigations
PSC 201: Police Organization and Administration
PSC 202: Police and Diversity
PSC 260: Evidence-Based and Problem-Oriented Policing
PSC 300: Police Management and Administration in the U.S.
Research Summary
Dr. Frometa's research examines police occupational health and wellness, evidence-based policing, and crime prevention and policy evaluation. Her research on police officer decision-making around COVID-19 vaccination has examined occupational role and moral obligation, as well as institutional trust and workforce stability in a no-mandate police department, offering policy recommendations for law enforcement agencies navigating future public health emergencies. She has also written a forthcoming book chapter on frameworks to reduce suicide among police officers after retirement, set for publication in the Routledge International Handbook on Wellness and Wellbeing in Criminal Justice—extending her focus on officer wellness beyond the vaccination research.
Separately, Dr. Frometa currently serves as Principal Investigator on a strategic evaluation of crime data systems for a small New York State police department, funded by the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services Research Consortium, examining how data practices and interagency coordination can improve crime reporting accuracy and investigative support. Her research has appeared in Policing: An International Journal and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and she has presented her work at national conferences including the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference and the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services Public Safety Symposium. She has also written for the practitioner publication Police1 on cross-agency data sharing and on best practices for supporting officers after retirement.