About
Dr. Ken Lang is a retired 25-year law enforcement veteran from the Baltimore County Police Department, with experience investigating violent and complex crimes, including murders, death investigations, police shootings, rapes, sexual assaults, armed robberies, and various other felony offenses. His assignments in the homicide, robbery, and sex crimes units afforded him the opportunity to develop rich experience while investigating hundreds of violent crimes. His murder investigation of Wesley Person in 2005 was so comprehensive, yielding significant forensic evidence, that the Forensic Files television show featured his investigation in season 13, episode 30, titled "Dollars and Sense."
During his investigative career, Dr. Lang recognized his successful investigative techniques and was requested to teach a variety of investigative courses as an adjunct instructor at the police academy. Upon receiving his Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commission state teaching certification in 1998, he taught Sex Crimes Investigations, Investigative Resources, Basic Investigator’s Courses, and Advanced Investigator’s Courses until his retirement.
While conducting investigations and teaching as an adjunct, Dr. Lang pursued his degrees. He completed his BS and MS in Criminal Justice Administration at Columbia Southern University (summa cum laude) and his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice at Walden University (summa cum laude).
In June 2014, Dr. Lang transitioned his career into higher education and has taught criminal justice courses at the University of Valley Forge, Glenville State University, Southern New Hampshire University (online), and Milligan University. Criminal justice courses taught by Dr. Lang include: Advanced Crime Scene Management, Advanced Issues in Evidence, American Courts and Justice System, Constitutional Law, Corrections and Penology, Crime Scene Management, Criminal Evidence and Procedure, Criminal Investigation, Criminal Procedure, Criminology, Death Investigations, Firearms and Ballistics, Fingerprinting and Latent Processing, Homeland Security, Internship, Internship Seminar for Psychology, Interviewing and Report Writing, Introduction to Criminal Justice, Introduction to Criminology, Introduction to Psychology, Juvenile Delinquency and Justice, Organized Crime, Physical and Trace Evidence, Police Practices and Procedures, and Research Methods for Behavior Sciences.
As a matter of scholarship, Dr. Lang has conducted research and published with several publications, including the Journal of Forensic Identification, the Death Investigator’s Magazine, and the Internet Journal of Restorative Justice. Published article topics have included areas such as determining a shooter’s position, increasing murder clearance rates, using cognitive interview techniques, domestic violence murders, calculating target availability in shooting investigations, officer-involved shootings, case enhancement through forensic art, and advancing cold homicide cases. His research centers on police composites and sketches, and restorative justice praxis.
Dr. Lang is currently an associate professor of criminology/criminal justice at Milligan University in Tennessee.