Strong start to the annual Midwestern Criminal Justice Assoc. meeting in Chicago (with a research presentation on police response to sexual assault) by @BostapLisa, Mackenzie Allred, and Dr. Lane Gillespie (Boise State Department of Criminal Justice. Boise State University. Boise State School of Public Service). Midwestern Criminal Justice Association

BJA's SAKI has been instrumental in raising awareness about the issue of untested #rapekits and has led to significant progress in addressing the backlog across various jurisdictions in the United States. Learn more about the initiative: bja.ojp.gov/program/saki/o…

I have published an article titled “The effects of implicit bias in simulated police-public interactions: An experimental study” w/ Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic - Social Work & Criminal Justice graduate @_ScottGardner, Adam Dobrin, @GWWrightMills1, & @wendypg44 in the Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology

🚨New publication alert🚨Interested in the effectiveness of police early intervention systems? Check out new research by SHSU alum and UTA Liberal Arts⁩ faculty Dr. Christi Gullion⁩ and CJC faculty Dr. Jason Ingram just published in Justice Quarterly! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🗒️National Institute of Justice has sponsored some critical research on the systematic handling of sexual assaults and kits. I encourage the field to pair this Bureau of Justice Assistance funding opportunity with the research that’s available for the best justice outcomes for survivors.

Here’s a helpful article breaking down the research: nij.ojp.gov/topics/article…

The Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology is hiring for two tenure track Assistant Professor positions to begin Fall 2025. Review of materials begins September 16. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.

New study - did #AI significantly reduce the time #police spent writing reports? TLDR: In a pre-registered RCT...no. Lots of talk, claims, and worries about AI in policing, but very little evidence. We aimed to provide high quality experimental evidence as more and more

Honored to be on DOCJT's podcast to discuss our National Institute of Justice + SAKI funded trainings on trauma informed interviewing for sex crimes investigators. Listen to hear about our partnership with CriminalJustice UofL UofLTheatreArts University of Louisville College of Arts & Science DOCJT & Attorney General Russell Coleman! docjt.ky.gov/bluegrassbeat/…

Congratulations to LMPD Victim Services Unit, KY, the IACP Leadership in Victim Services Award (Large Agency) winner! #IACP2024

New study with Brad Campbell Amanda Goodson Gennaro Vito, Alondra Garza, & Cortney Franklin in the Journal of Criminal Justice. Link to free copies here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New police sexual assault response training meta-analyses with rockstar colleagues David S. Lapsey Jr Amanda Goodson Gennaro Vito, Alondra Garza, and Cortney Franklin. Findings show that training improved knowledge and behavior across studies. Free copies at the link below.

Congrats to Boise State University CJ alum & MSU School of Criminal Justice Ph.D. candidate John Ropp, Drs. Jacqueline Lee, Laura King, & Lisa Bostaph on their Criminology article: A prosecutor's “ideal” sexual assault case: A mixed-method approach to understanding sexual assault case processing . Link below.

How do officers perceive the fairness of rapid shifts in body camera activation and automated review? Well, it's complicated! Now up and open access at Journal of Criminal Justice: Automation and artificial intelligence in police body-worn cameras: Experimental evidence of

Excited to share this pub, w/ amazing colleagues ⁦Tara Richards⁩ ⁦Justin Nix⁩ ⁦Brad Campbell⁩ ⁦Dr. Caralin Branscum⁩ 👇👇👇 ⁦Urban Institute⁩ Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons Learned from a Decade of SAKI Evaluations tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

W/ Dr. Christi Gullion, Christine Spadola (UTA Liberal Arts), Dani Groton, & Wendy Guastaferro (Florida Atlantic - Social Work & Criminal Justice), an article (@RooCjc UMKC School of Humanities and Social Sciences UMKC) titled “Sleep affects everything”: Understanding challenges and interventions for police sleep health” was published in Policing: An International Journal