Using data from @ODMP we found that the number of line of duty deaths has declined dramatically since 1970. We also found no support for the war on cops thesis (post-Ferguson). In fact, felonious officer deaths have significantly declined post-Ferguson. cc: @FAUDivRes @CPPJournal
New article alert with @mdwhite121 and @LisaMDario in @CPPJournal. We examined line of duty deaths (felonious & accidents) among US police officers from 1970-2016. https://t.co/AIrKikn71F
“Since July 2017, there have been no reported suicides of officers at the @LAPDHQ, where the department has an entirely different way of handling mental health services.”
Could this LAPD model be something the NYPD implements?
“LAPD has 16 full-time clinical psychologists who are embedded in its force — each has an assigned station...& participate in ride-alongs — and offer free counseling with no limit on sessions.”
https://t.co/DGjKoAuQPv
"I tell my students, ‘When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else."
- Toni Morrison
Our new coauthored paper in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education found that negative attention directed towards law enforcement is adversely influencing college students’ motivation to enter the police profession. Link below.👇
“Examining a Ferguson Effect on College Students’ Motivation to Become Police Officers” with Morrow, Vickovic, & @LisaMDario. First 50 downloads are free. https://t.co/pk6lDDrQvu
3 years ago MIT grad student Katie Bouman led the creation of a new algorithm to produce the first-ever image of a black hole.
Today, that image was released.
More info: https://t.co/WITAL1omGl
2016 story: https://t.co/QV7Zf2snEP
#EHTblackhole#EventHorizonTelescope
Congratulations to Katie Bouman to whom we owe the first photograph of a black hole ever. Not seeing her name circulate nearly enough in the press.
Amazing work. And here’s to more women in science (getting their credit and being remembered in history) 💥🔥☄️
Be sure to explore our first volume of 2019 which is fresh off the presses! In the latest issue you will find articles on body-worn cameras, police shootings, de-policing, and CCTV surveillance. Read more here: https://t.co/OECbDC3Aew
My @FloridaAtlantic CCJ colleague, @hinduja, is the editor of the International Journal of Bullying Prevention. Check out the inaugural issue below! (Includes open access to the articles.) cc: @FAUDivRes
My new blog summarizing the first six papers from our brand-spanking-new International Journal of Bullying Prevention, & providing download links to each full PDF: https://t.co/YvLTxl0LTY. Each has implications for practitioners, and is written by a rock star in our field!
I spoke with Psychology Today about male sexual assault, @terrycrews, masculinity, and a new @frontlinepbs documentary “Predator on the Reservation.” Check out the article here: https://t.co/1Hl3HTl45o
FRONTLINE and @WSJ investigate the decades-long failure to stop a government pediatrician from sexually abusing Native American boys. Watch online at any time: https://t.co/L8wGUW0iT2
At @WSCriminology? Come hear about the work being done by me, @mdwhite121, and @Shjarback_CCJ on the relationship between CIT and fatal violence in police-citizen encounters at 2 PM in Territorial I. #WSC2019
Centering a historically marginalized population?✅ Examining intersectional effects of gender & sexual orientation?✅ New paper by me & colleagues from @ASUCrimJustice & URI uses originally collected data to add to the police legitimacy conversation. https://t.co/OldHdQsFum