Before passing away in January, my dad worked in his hospital bed on the copy edits to his new book. (Never too late to show up his sons on the research productivity front.) That book, a short intro to U.S. crime trends, is now out and available FOR FREE: cambridge.org/core/elements/…

Visiting the Embassy of the United States in Belgrade, Serbia with students from UMKC PRAVNI FAKULTET. #diplomacy

Certificate of Completion! Congrats to UMKC School of Humanities and Social Sciences and UMKC Law students for completing the 1-month study abroad on “Comparative Criminology and International Criminal Law.”

It's been an exciting few days! New book, along with news of 2 new pubs: Exploring changes in urban, small town, and rural policing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Does urbanicity matter? Assessing the role of COVID-19 stressors on perceptions of police misconduct in BIH.

KC is proud! A big congratulations to Captain Jonas Baughman from kcpolice! It has been a joy getting to know Captain Baughman and I look forward to continuing my collaboration with kcpolice under the excellent leadership of Chief Stacey Graves.

Our Urban Institute team has launched a survey of #IPV intervention programs! ⭐️Please RT-looking for IPV program facilitators and directors! ⭐️ All we need is an email address! ASC Division of Victimology SHSU Department of Victim Studies Crime Victims' Inst. ACJS Victimology Center for Victim Research UCF Violence Against Women Faculty Cluster National Sexual Violence Resource Center NE Collab. for Violence Intervention & Prevention JHU Gender Violence

To my strong women, don't forget to show yourself some love too! National Self-Care Month is ending but let's make self-care a lifelong commitment. Keep shining bright!

Great news: according to Council on Criminal Justice, homicides in big cities were down 13% in the 1st half of 24 compared to the 1st half of 23. There were also 2% less murders than during the first half of 19. We may have finally recovered from the surge in 20/21. counciloncj.org/crime-trends-i…

Dear August, Please go as slow as academia travel reimbursements.

Governor Walz doesn’t just have the experience to be vice president, he has the values and the integrity to make us proud. And as we saw last night, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz make a great team.    Now let’s do everything we can – volunteer, donate, organize – from now until

Mayor Lucas today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit's rejection of the Second Amendment Preservation Act:

Over the next 12 months, the Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Chiefs, and KC Current are all gonna win championships.

The UMKC UMKC CJC Dept (Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology) is hiring an Assistant Professor! Come work with me, Alexander Holsinger, Marijana Kotlaja, Ph.D., and the X-less Kristi Holsinger, Byunggu Kang, Toya Like, Lori Sexton, Misty Campbell, and Lynnette Lockhart. See add below.

New blog post! reluctantcriminologists.com/blog-posts/[13… Mixed signals: Use ratios and percentile scores carefully (and sparingly) In it, Jon explains why criminologists should think twice about ratio variables and percentile score transformations.

Dr’s Fox & Wheeler are in town for some SNA & Python prep for our KCPD analyst training series with kcpolice! Excited for the official sessions in Oct. & Nov. But till then #Q39 BBQ with some great folks Ken Novak Seth Fallik, Ph.D. Major Young and Logan. UMKC UMKC School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Inter-news Fall 2024 edition is already available! We have notes from the DIC chair, members spotlights, students on the market, and more! canva.com/design/DAGPuf8…

There are genuine and important concerns about this case. The prosecutors office that prosecuted it now wants Mr. Williams spared. I hope my friend Governor Mike Parson will reconsider his opposition to commutation or clemency. kansascity.com/news/state/mis…

New pub alert!!🚨 ‘Assessing Police Stress in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Community Size Matter?’… coming soon to the Asian Journal of Criminology!

Looking for academic jobs in Australia? Don’t miss this great opportunity! Summit co-organiser Jared R. Dmello, Ph.D. | जॅरड़ ड़िमेल्लो is at another university but in the same city and would LOVE to chat with you about living in sunny South Australia!

After 5 hours of searching at UMKC’s dock system, the iPads were found! Shout out to Jeff at the dental school, and UPS guy for staying after hours to help me! UMKC