WSU Spokane will host a conference for first responders and mental health professionals July 28-29. Presenters include Steve James and Jackie Van Wormer of the WSU Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. » More …
Long before such officer-involved shootings as those in Ferguson, Missouri, and North Charleston, South Carolina, researchers at WSU’s Sleep and Performance Research Center were using a simulator to study officer-involved shootings.
Mount Vernon, Wash., Police Lt. Chris Cammock said he spoke earlier this month with Lois James, research assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, about her research. Cammock hopes members of the Skagit Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART) may be able to visit the University’s deadly force simulator. » More …
Special to the Washington Post, by David J. Leonard, associate professor and chair of the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at WSU, and Stacey Patton, senior enterprise reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education and adjunct professor of American history at American University
Every day, white America is eating up the feel-good stories of cops helping black kids. » More …
Spokane County has been rewarded for its efforts at criminal justice reform, with the MacArthur Foundation selecting the area for a competitive grant to reduce overcrowding at the aging jail. » More …
Law enforcement officers have come under pressure over the past few months to rethink how they use deadly force, as a result of the string of videos of shootings by police. » More …