Criminologist takes on regional justice reform
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A WSU faculty member is steering the first major steps in a comprehensive overhaul of the way Spokane area police, courts, judges, and detention centers work together. » More …
A WSU faculty member is steering the first major steps in a comprehensive overhaul of the way Spokane area police, courts, judges, and detention centers work together. » More …
Judge Steven Alm was confounded after his first week on Hawaii’s circuit court. Amongst his other dockets, he watched Hawaii’s probation system in action, and he did not like what he saw. “[It] was an all of nothing system that wasn’t working,” says Alm. » More …
Lincoln Middle School students examine race, riots and privilege in America
Eighth-grade students at Lincoln Middle School asked and answered the tough questions Tuesday when Marc Robinson, WSU instructor of critical culture, gender, and race studies, and students from his Black Freedom Struggle class spoke to them about racial issues. » More …
CAS junior and triple-major Justin F. Niedermeyer was awarded a Barry M. Goldwater scholarship for 2015. The merit-based awards, typically for $7,500, go to college sophomores and juniors in science, engineering, and mathematics who intend to pursue a career in research. » More …
The Spokane lab recreates simulations of actual officer-involved shootings to help improve police responses.
Inside an old warehouse on Washington State University’s Spokane campus, police officer Nick Briggs is being fitted with an imaging device to monitor what’s happening inside his brain as he makes life and death decisions. » More …