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Police Try to Lower Racial Bias, but Under Pressure, It Isn't So Easy
New York Times
One such training program is called Fair and Impartial Policing, a course developed with Justice Department financing by Lorie Fridell, an associate professor of criminology at the University of South Florida.
For Spring Hill family, an unconventional trail to recovery
Tampa Bay Times
Dr. Theo Carroll, a Sarasota psychotherapist and an adjunct professor in the department of rehabilitation and mental health counseling at the University of South Florida, said recovery requires removing addicts from their drug-using friends.
New evidence, lawsuits emerge
Headline New
Lorie Fridell, associate professor of criminology, University of South Florida -- your expertise has to do with trying to get to the issue of race on the part of a police officer before
Gun, Badge, Camera
FiveThirtyEight
A subsequent study in Orlando showed similar results. The researchers are now working on a similar experiment in Tampa. "I think, generally, cameras are going to de-escalate and reduce most serious uses of force, such as firearms," said Wesley Jennings, one of the researchers and a criminologist at the University of South Florida.
Making the Brain Less Racist
The Atlantic
"If we did that over and over again, the officers would learn that 'I need to not focus on demographics,'" Lorie Fridell, a criminologist at the University of South Florida and the developer of the training, told The New York Times.
Disaster behavioral health conference set July 29 in Omaha
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Among the speakers will be Randy Otto, associate professor at the University of South Florida, who is an expert in forensic psychological assessment. He will explore the limits of assessing violence risk, given the tools available today.
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In June, the Department of Criminology hosted a one week no-cost immersion into the criminal justice system for high school students from 10 Hillsborough County high schools including the Law & Criminal Justice Academy at Jefferson High School. The program was developed and designed by USF Department of Criminology faculty member, Elizabeth Cass and Assistant State Attorney, Felix Vega from the 13th Judicial Circuit. Police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges all volunteered to bring the material to life.
Utilizing a mock traffic homicide investigation, students learned how a case proceeds from investigation to arrest and ultimately makes its way before a judge and jury. The week began at the Tampa Police Department's Training facility where students had the opportunity to study a crash scene, learn about traffic accident investigations, participate in field sobriety tests, and drive the simulated impaired driving cart. The day was spectacularly topped off with a simulated car chase/hostage taking /SWAT team demonstration by the Tampa Police Department. Later in the week, students took part in a jury selection exercise, and watched closing arguments from Assistant State Attorney, Chris Castillo and private defense attorney Kim Seace. The week ended in the courtroom of Judge Lisa Campbell who gave the "jurors" jury instructions before bailiffs lead them to the jury room for deliberations.