Policing Scholars
Researchers - in any field - who focus on policing-related issues welcome! Please let me know if you’d like to be added.
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@kepadil.bsky.social
@morgansteele.bsky.social
National Research Coordinator for National De-Escalation Training Center Assistant Prof. of Criminal Justice at Fort Hays State U. Professional Nerd
@iiirg-iirp.bsky.social
The official Investigative Interviewing Research & Practice (II-RP) journal twitter page. Tweets from the editors.
@drcodyporter.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer and UG Programme Lead UWE Bristol | Investigative interviewing, lie detection, mental health & offending behaviour | Deputy Editor II-RP Psychologist | Criminologist
@mocreevy.bsky.social
Opinions my own. I do research on emotions in financial decision-making, international management, & decisions in radical uncertainty. Also research on policing organisations. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-725. Blog@ https://emotionalfinance.net
@criminographer.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. Geographer. Mum of four (two live in my heart). Tweets child loss, SUDC, PPA2 deficiency, sex work, digital-sexual exploitation, fraud, policing, VAWG. #WIASN
@azzab.bsky.social
Historian of police forces, anti-labour movements, and gun control @DISSGEA (Unipd) - @LARHRA Writing a book about strikebreaking, guns and private policing in 20th Century France https://unipd.academia.edu/AndreaAzzarelli
@alessasj.bsky.social
Criminologist | Asst. Professor | Research interests in (comparative) victimology, campus violence, human trafficking, and the interaction between vulnerable populations and police | 🤠🇲🇽🌻☕️✨
@priceperrott.com
Fresh leadership insights to help you create respectful, high-performing workplace cultures that tackle incivility, bullying and harassment. Podcast host 🎙️ priceperrott.com/podcast
@cjmarier.com
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida. I study policing, punishment, and race and justice.
@shjarback-ccj.bsky.social
Policing/Criminal Justice Researcher. Associate Professor in the Dept. of Law & Justice Studies at Rowan University. Views are my own. Johnshjarback.com
@jjmedina.bsky.social
Social scientist (Andalusian by birth, Manc by exposure) interested in police reform, violence, crime prevention & environmental criminology. Working at University of Seville (Spain). Mostly at @juanjo_medina@mastodon.social. Mastodon>bsky>x
@kjellgren.bsky.social
Criminologist @ Uni. of Stirling. Digital criminology, policing exploitation and human trafficking, tech, administrative data, health and justice. #rstats 🇪🇺🏴🇸🇪
@drtimc.bsky.social
Researcher - policing, sexual exploitation of children, radicalisation.
@rickmuirbskysocial.bsky.social
Policing Advisor at the UK Home Office. Previously Director of the Police Foundation and Associate Director at IPPR. Dad. From Teesside #UTB.
@vp-centre.bsky.social
Shaping future services for vulnerable people through research. Based at @york.ac.uk & @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Funded by the ESRC. https://vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/
@adamcrawford.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology at the University of York & University of Leeds, Co-Director of ESRC Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social https://www.york.ac.uk/law/people/crawford/ Orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-5977
@lizaston.bsky.social
Prof of Criminology Edinburgh Napier University, Director of the Scottish Institute for Policing Research. Local policing & intersections with health (drugs & harm reduction) & technology (PI INTERACT)
@nwpino.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology and Honorary Professor of International Studies at Texas State Univ. Writing a book: "Police Reform: An Obituary." Audiophile, Cyclist. All opinions mine. He/Him. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uZ1hLM8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=a
@dtha15.bsky.social
Professor studying police history, police reform, policy responses to serious mental illness, ethics. Richard Olney & John Dewey stan. Dad to a danseur and a goalie; married to a historic preservationist http://www-personal.umich.edu/~dthacher/index.html
@ctmccartney.bsky.social
Professor of Law & Criminal Justice interested in INjustice. Focus on #forensics #AI science/tech in criminal justice. Also nuts about Prince, Maneskin, professional cycling, politics, comedy, gigs and more. #academicsky (1st-gen)
@rosamundevb.bsky.social
assistant prof criminology VUB teaching legal, ethical & social issues AI, research: digital & more-than-human criminology, critical surveillance & AI, youth justice, human rights https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/rosamunde-elise-van-brakel
@lisatompson.bsky.social
Crime Scientist 🏴 -> 🇳🇿 Interested in generating and synthesising evidence for better crime prevention and policing policy. Methodologically promiscuous.
@chadtopaz.bsky.social
Data science + math for social justice at QSIDE Institute, Williams College, CU Boulder. Violist, yogi, husband, dad to human & dogs. 🏳️🌈 Homepage: www.chadtopaz.com Nonprofit: www.qsideinstitute.org
@ferhattura19.bsky.social
PhD. Lecturer in Criminology at Bournemouth University. #Quantitative #Criminology, #Victimology, #Policing… Personal account https://staffprofiles.bournemouth.ac.uk/display/ftura
@drclairedavis.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Leicester. Research interests include sociology of policing - police culture, police leadership, and inclusion and diversity in policing.
@clarefarmer.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Criminology, Deakin University, Australia; SFHEA; Adult Parole Board, Victoria, Australia 💜🐕🍫📚⚖️🫖 Former Magistrate, England 🧐justice, policing, anti-social behaviour, trauma https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2905-2173 #FirstGen CCC/Oxon
@profanewton.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology & Policing, Co-Director Safety & Sustainability @NTU | Academic Advisor to Notts Violence Reduction Partnership | Interests: crime, policing, transport, violence prevention, policy evaluation | data science | problem solving | EBP
@akgrahamphd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Policing, police-community relations, measurement, public opinion
@cybercrimedoc.bsky.social
PhD in criminal justice from Texas State University. Current Associate Professor with a focus on cybercrime, digital forensics, and police technology. Called a "mediocre scientist" on the hit No Such Thing as a Fish podcast!
@lboroprg.bsky.social
Bringing together a wide range of Loughborough experts from social sciences, sport, design, business, engineering, and the arts to tackle contemporary issues in policing. #policing #Lboro
@mkrupanski.bsky.social
Working for healthy, safe + strong communities now: Director of Criminal Justice Policy (Policing & Community Safety) w/Arnold Ventures || before: a bunch of stuff
@timnewburn.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology & Social Policy, LSE. Living with cancer. Health means some reorientation of priorities. Still music (selections from the back catalogue - gigs whenever possible), criminology and Everton FC. MD ANT
@m-j-bro.bsky.social
Former Associate lecturer in Criminology at University of Soton. Also did a bit of policing in the past
@ruthweir.bsky.social
Deputy Director of @violenceandsociety centre. Geographer and Criminologist. Researching policing, domestic abuse, abuse in teenage relationships and neighbourhoods.
@lblogic.bsky.social
Higher Ed professor, CJ researcher-former practitioner, policing-prosecution response to IPV, CJ education, CJ policy, The West Wing wingnut, Northern Minnesotan living in the Wild West of Idaho, 🎵 lover, opinions are my own & no one else’s.
@russellbrewer.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Criminology at Adelaide University | Researching cybercrime, policing, digital forensics & ways to keep kids safe online | Diehard Canucks fan. 📍 Adelaide, South Australia 🌐 www.AdelaideCybercrime.org
@jedidiahknode.bsky.social
Spouse, Dad, & PhD student in MSU School of Criminal Justice (policing, urban planning, violence). Love gardening, music, and D&D. 🏳️🌈Mostly reposts, occasionally my own work.
@charris.bsky.social
Associate Professor, School of Criminology & Justice Studies, UMass Lowell | Research focused on police accountability | Husband, father of 2 | Super Nerd | He/Him | My will is not my own
@chrisfish.bsky.social
Policing/CJ Researcher/Bureaucrat; husband, dad, runner, recent tennis nut; wahoowa; hater of inefficiencies;
@sebp-uk.bsky.social
@danslawrence.bsky.social
PhD Senior Research Scientist at the CNA Corporation. I study many topics on policing. Opinions all mine. x(at)cna.org, x=lawrenced Previously at the Urban Institute & RTI International
@melsoderstrom.bsky.social
Assistant Professor & Pre-Law Advisor @ Texas State | PhD in Criminal Justice from UCF | JD from William & Mary | Former public defender | Researcher of juvenile justice, school policing, youth mental health, and practitioner training | 🇵🇷
@william-king.bsky.social
First gen professor at a public university in the mountain west, U.S. I study the police, criminal justice system, forensic crime labs, and organizations. My posts do not reflect the opinions of my employer.
@dlytle21.bsky.social
Criminologist working in eastern Maryland. I also post about cooking, F1, my dog, and other nerd things. (He/him)
@crimsochull.bsky.social
School of Criminology, Sociology & Policing at University of Hull.
@eliasnader.bsky.social
Criminologist studying policing and desistance in young adulthood https://www.kent.edu/sociology/elias-nader
@jerryratcliffe.net
College prof, ex-UK cop, host of the Reducing Crime podcast, scientific advisor to the IACP. In my spare time, I try not to crash planes. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BOJIm0QAAAAJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0730-6761
@motonlauren.bsky.social
Black feminist and queer criminology | sex work | critical trafficking studies | Senior Researcher @NYU
@drlaurahuey.bsky.social
Criminologist, Editor of Police Practice & Research, member ISC Roster of Global Experts
@jschildkraut80.bsky.social
Criminologist | Executive Director, Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium | National Expert and Researcher, Mass Shootings | Co-Editor, Journal of Mass Violence Research (@jmssvlncrsrch.bsky.social). Opinions my own.
@jnixy.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UNO. Forever a Gamecock though. Research interests: police, procedural justice, use of force
@dianemgoldstein.bsky.social
Ret. Peace Officer, 🏀⚽️ Fanatic, Abuelita, Potty Mouth, Fur Kids Fan, Tweets r Mine & not an opinion of LEAP
@policefoundationuk.bsky.social
The only independent think tank in the UK focused on improving policing. Hosted the Strategic Review of Policing https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/
@jeffreybutts.bsky.social
Research Professor and Center Director, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City Univ of New York). Kid from Ohio, living in Manhattan - https://JeffreyButts.net - #justice #criminology #research
@mattashby.com
I use data to help reduce crime. Associate Professor, Crime Science, UCL. Former police officer. 🌐: mattashby.com
@moskos.bsky.social
Author of Back from the Brink. https://t.co/mABbQyS1jf Professor. Writer. New Yorker. Here for the pigeons and also discourse on policing and criminal justice.
@thomasabt.bsky.social
Author, BLEEDING OUT. Founding Director, VRC. Associate Research Professor, UMD. Senior Fellow, CCJ. Opinions, my own.
@rookiecitycop.bsky.social
Forever a Rookie. Detective Sergeant working towards a better world. Millennial. Iraq War Vet. Poker Player. Cancer Survivor. Trauma Survivor. #ShibaInu
@michaelsierraa.bsky.social
Sociologist: UT Austin 🤘🏽 AY 24/25: Rockefeller Fellow at Princeton University Center for Human Values Author: The Danger Imperative📕💀👮🏽♂️ lnk.bio/michaelsierraa
@walterkatz.bsky.social
At the intersection of tech & justice. Defender of the rule of law. Enemy of state violence. Ex: public defender>police oversight>city hall>tech>philanthropy | Opinions are mine MuckRack: https://muckrack.com/walter-katz/articles Signal: walter.94
@kepadil.bsky.social
Balancing motherhood, policing research, & teaching, with football & a good playlist. ✨