Ms. Sandy (Yu-Lan) Yeh

‧Board member / past President,
   Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation
‧Associate Professor, Department of
   Foreign Affairs Police, Central Police
   University
‧Taiwan
 
MAILING ADDRESS
Department of Foreign Affairs Police
Central Police University
Taoyuan, Taiwan
TEL:     (011-886)-3-328-2321 ext. 4121
FAX:    (011-886)-3-328-2321 ext. 4446br /> E-Mail: sandy@mail.cpu.edu.tw
 
EDUCATION
PhD   Public Policy Analysis-Political Science University of Illinois at Chicago
         (1994)
         Dissertation Topic: Innovation of Police Policy: A Study of Community
         Policing
MA     Law Enforcement Administration     Western Illinois University (1986)
         Thesis Topic: Women in Policing: A Study on the Self-Perspectives of
         Policewomen in Taiwan, Republic of China
BA     Public Security    Central Police University (1980)
 
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Gender Equity
Criminal Justice Policies
Human trafficking
Community Policing
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment
 
CURRENT POSITION
Member, Board of Trustees, Taipei Women Rescue Foundation
Associate Professor, Department of  Foreign Affairs Police, Central Police University
Policy Advisor to Mayor of Taipei
Policy Advisor to Magistrate of Taoyuan County
Commissioner, Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence/ Sex Offenses Committee, Ministry of Interior, Taiwan
Member, Anti-human Trafficking Coordination/Supervisory Council, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
Commissioner, Gender Equity Education Committee, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Commissioner, Gender Equity Committee, Toyuan County, Taiwan
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
  1. President, Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation,  October 2006~September 2008
  2. Chair, Department of Foreign Affairs Police, Central Police University, August 2004 – July 2007
  3. Commissioner, Gender Equity Education Committee, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, October 1999-September 2007
  4. Commissioner of Women’s Right Promotion Committee, Taipei City, March 2000 –Feb. 2005
  5. Director, University Library & the World Police Museum, Central Police University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, August 2002 – August, 2004
  6. Director, Center for Continuing Education & Training, Central Police University, Taiwan, August 1998-August 2001
  7. Lecturer & Project Advisor, Government Official Training Institute, Taipei Municipal   Government, January 1997 - present
  8. Advisor to the Director General, Taiwan Provincial Police Administration Taiwan, January 1997 - present
  9. Producer and Host, “Sunday Forum”, National Public Broadcasting System, Taiwan, July 1997 – December 1997
  10. Associate Professor, Department of Administrative Management, Central Police University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, August 1994  - present
  11. Co-leader, the Ad Hoc Committee of Police Policy Studies and Promotion, Central Police University, October 1996 – July 1997
  12. Consultant for Community Policing, Taipei Municipal Police Headquarters, Taipei, Taiwan, January 1995 - present
  13. Project Manager, Center for Research in Law & Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago,         September 1993 - August 1994
  14. Data Analyst, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, January 1993 September 1993
  15. Graduate Advisor, Graduate Office, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 1992 - December 1992
  16. Statistical Consultant, Academic Computer Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 1991 - August 1992
  17. Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois at      Chicago, September 1990 - June 1991
  18. Lecturer/Academic Advisor, Department of Information Management, Central Police       University, Taiwan, August 1989 - August 1990
  19. Lecturer/Student Advisor, Department of Crime Prevention & Correction, Central Police University, Taiwan,  September 1986 -August 1989
  20. Graduate Assistant, Department of Law Enforcement Administration, Western Illinois      University, Macomb,  Illinois, August 1985 - August 1986
  21. Special Assistant to the President, Central Police University, Taiwan, September 1983 - August 1988
  22. Special Agent, Criminal Investigation Division, Taipei, Taiwan, September 1980 - September 1983
 
GRANTS
  • Principal Investigator, “ In Search of the Best Practices of Problem Solving: The Model Establishment of  the  Community Building”, project granted by National Police Administration, Jan-July 2007.
  • Principal Investigator, “The Research and Preventive Education of Teenagers’ Sexual Behavior” , project granted by Ministry of Education, July 2006
  • Principal Investigator, “ Guideline of Educational Professionals in Anti-Domestic Violence Network”, project granted by Ministry of Education, October 2003 
  • Principal Investigator, “ The Evaluation of Women Police Team in Investigating the Significant Cases Involved Women & Children”, research granted by Criminal Investigation Bureau, June 2003
  • Principal Investigator, “The Establishment of Anti-Domestic Violence Network: The Response of Police System” , research granted by Ministry of Interior, November 2001.
  • Principal Investigator, “The Effect on Crime Prevention of Community Policing in Taipei”, research granted by Taipei Municipal Police Headquarters, January 2001.
  • Principal Investigator, “The Establishment of Community Safety Network: An Enlightenment of Public Manager”, evaluation research granted Taipei City Government, June 2000.
  • Principal Investigator, “Policing by Consent and Partnership: A Strategic Alliance in Improving Social Order”, research granted by National Science Council, Taiwan,  August 1998.
 
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
  1. “Taiwan’s Efforts in Combating Human Trafficking” paper presented at the Liberal International Conference on Human Rights “ Strengthening Networks and Combating Human Trafficking”, Taipei International Conference Center, December 8-10, 2007
  2. “Modern Day’s Slavery: Human Trafficking” paper presented at the  2007 Workshop: Anti-Smuggling and Forensic Document Examination, National Immigration Agency, November 14, 2007.
  3. “The Cooperation Between Taiwan and China Against Human Trafficking”, Forum in Women’s and Gender Studies , No. 84, Oct 2007, pp 23-31/
  4. “The Cross-Strait Cooperation in Fighting Against Human Trafficking”,  Conference of Police Studies and Practices for China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau,  Hongkong, Oct. 29-31.
  5. Taiwan’s Joint Efforts in Combating Human Trafficking, Association of Asian Police Studies Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 1-3, 2007.
  6. “Human Trafficking and Foreign Affairs Police”, Police Science Journal, Central Police University, July, 2007, Vol. 38 No. 1, pp. 57-78.
  7. “Distorted Youth: From the viewpoint of sexual assault prevention”, paper presented at the gender equity education conference, Shih-Hsin University, May 24, 2007, Taipei
  8. “Human Trafficking and Forced Labor in Taiwan”, paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference of US Freedom Network, Miami, Florida, U.S., May 17, 2007.
  9. “The Research of Police Performance Management”, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION BI-MONTHLY, Vol. 31 No. 2, April, 2007.
  10. “The Study of Government Website Information Disclosure in Taiwan”,  coauthored with Yuan-Fa Chen and Kuo-Ching Wu, paper presented at Pacific Asia Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics (PAISI 2007), Chengdu, China, April 11-12, 2007
  11. “Human Trafficking and Foreign Affairs Police” paper presented at the “ Conference on Foreign Affairs Police Studies”, Central Police University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Dec. 15, 2006.
  12. “Anti-Human Trafficking—Public Awareness and Prevention”, paper presented at the “Strategies for Combating Human Trafficking from Southeast Asia to Taiwan” International Conference, Taipei, Taiwan Nov 25-27, 2005.
  13. “When East Meets West-Best Practices of Community Policing in Taitung”, coauthored with Shih, Yuan-Ching,  paper presented in the Asian Association of Police Study 2005 Beijing Conference,  China, Oct 17-20, 2005
  14. “A Research of Police Self-Efficacy on the Investigation and Prevention of Computer Crime in Taiwan”, coauthored with Wu Kuo-Ching, paper presented in the Asian Association of Police Study 2005 Beijing Conference, China, Oct 17-20, 2005
  15. “Special Needs of Trafficked Victims” paper presented in the International Human Trafficking Workshop,  June 15-16, 2005, Taipei,  Taiwan
  16. “Human Trafficking: Local Perspectives”, paper presented in the International Conference on Human Trafficking Prevention,  June 13-14, 2005, Taoyuan, Taiwan
  17. "Women in Policing: Retrospective and Outlook in Policy ", JOURNAL OF POLICE SCIENCE, Taiwan, Vol 41, November 2004
  18. “Role and Position of Women in Policing: a Historic Review”, paper presented in the Policewomen Policy Conference, Taiwan Police Academy, February, 2004
  19. “Myths and Reflections of “One Station, Two Systems” – A Review o the Experiments of Specialized Police Operation District System in Taiwan”, POLICE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V. 33, No.5, Central Police University, Taiwan, March 2003
  20. “Trust-based Community Policing Practices”, POLICE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V. 33, No. 3, Central Police University, Taiwan, November 2002
  21. “A Preliminary Study on Police Operation System: The Model of Community Policing in Taiwan”, POLICE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V. 32, No. 2, Central Police University, Taiwan, 2001
  22. “A Preliminary Study on the Community Efforts to Improve Safety in Linkou, Taipei County: A Strategic Alliance Approach”, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL QUARTERLY, No. 87,  September 1999.
  23. “ Policing by Consent and Partnership—A Model of Community Policing in Taiwan”, POLICE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V. 30, No. 1, Central Police University, Taiwan, 1999
  24. “Policing by Consent and Partnership:A Model of Community Policing in Taiwan, paper presented at Sharjah International Conference on Police Sciences  “Sciences, Security and Policing : Present & Future Perspectives”, Sharjah – United Arab Emirates, 13-16 December 1998.
  25. “New Policing Shared by Police and Community: A Strategic Coalition to Improve Community Safety”, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL QUARTERLY, No. 82, June 1998.
  26. “Tradition and Challenge: What Do the Police Officers Do in Community Policing”, NATIONAL TAIWAN POLICE COLLEGE BULLETIN, Vol. 2, No. 4, April 1998.
  27. “The Police Beat System: A Model of Community Policing in Taiwan”, Paper presented at The 6th Asia Pacific Executive Policing Conference, International Association of Chiefs of Police, January 11-16, 1998, Taipei, Taiwan.
  28. “Tradition vs. Challenge: Organizational Changes Emerged in Community Policing”, POLICE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V. 28, No. 1, Central Police University, Taiwan, November 1997
  29. “Toward a Mutual Beneficial Police Cooperation Between Taiwan and China”, CHINA FORTUNE MONTHLY, June, 1997
  30. “The Organizational Changes Emerged in Community Policing”, paper presented at the Police Management Conference, Central Police University, Taiwan, May 24, 1997
  31. “White Collar Crime in Taiwan: Recent Development and Issues”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1996 
  32. “New Orientations of Policing – the Theories and Practices of Community Policing”, POLICE SCIENCE QUARTERLY, V. 27, No. 1, Central Police University, Taiwan, November 1996
  33. “New Orientations of Policing”, paper presented at the 5th Seminar on Police Management , Central Police University, May 22, 1996
  34. "Diffusion of Innovation: An Explanatory Study on Community Policing", JOURNAL OF POLICE SCIENCE, Taiwan, Vol 26, January 1995
  35. "Innovation of Police Policy: National Study on Community Policing", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Miami Florida, November 1994.
  36. "Impact of Community Policing on Police Personnel: A Quasi-Experimental Test", co-authored with D. P. Rosenbaum and D. Wilkinson, published on CRIME & DELINQUENCY, Vol. 40 No 3, July 1994
  37. "Community Policing in Aurora/Joliet: Impact on Police Personnel and Community Residents" coauthored with D. P. Rosenbaum and D. Wilkinson, unpublished project report submitted to Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, March 1994
  38. "Congress and Military-Industrial Relations: The Problem of Subcontracting", coauthored with B. Rundquist, G. Strom, and J. Rhee, paper presented at the 1993 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 1993
  39. "Impact Evaluation of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)", coauthored with H. Becker and M. Agopian, published on JOURNAL OF DRUG EDUCATION, Vol. 22,  No. 4, October 1992.
  40. "Growth Machines, Progressive Cities and Regime Restructuring: Explaining Economic Development Strategies", coauthored with R. Miranda and D. Rosdil, paper presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1992.
  41. "Women in Policing", paper presented at the American Criminal Justice Society Annual Meeting, March 1987
  42. "Women in Policing: A Study on the Self-Perspectives of Policewomen in Taiwan, Republic of China", unpublished  M.A. thesis, Western Illinois University, August 1986
 
Biography
Dr. Sandy Yu Lan Yeh is the board member and the 10th President of the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation, a foundation that has helped over 20,000 victims and families of domestic violence since 1987. An expert on the issue of human trafficking and human rights, she regularly campaigns against the exploitation of human beings through her work with the Foundation as well as her participation in various international seminars, lectures, and conferences. She has also used her expertise to act as consultant for the mayors of Taipei and Taoyuan as well as serving in various committees working towards issues of gender equality as well as the protection against sexual harassment and exploitation..
Additionally Dr. Yeh also works as an Associate Professor of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Central Police University of Taiwan, where she has served as the department chair, Curator of the World Police Museum, and the Director of Continuing Education Center. .

Dr. Yeh received her Masters from the Department of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration, Western Illinois University, and her Ph.D on Public Policy Analysis from University of Illinois at Chicago.