Public Scholarship and Media Interviews

Seattle University's Department of Criminal Justice, Criminology and Forensics is well represented in many publications and across the media landscape.

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Subject Matter Experts

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You will find our faculty, alumni and students addressing key issues.

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Members of the media often turn to our faculty for perspective or refer to their research when reporting on related topics.

Make your safety, Policing concerns heard in Seattle Safety Survey

J. Helfgott (November 6, 2024)

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“Fellow detectives accused him of racism: Henderson’s new police chief cleared him of discipline.”

M. Hickman (December 11, 2023

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Make your voice heard on Denver’s Public Safety Survey

J. Helfgott (December 3, 2023)

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Make your safety concerns heard in the Seattle Public Safety Survey

J. Helfgott (November 15, 2023)

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Denver police want public safety feedback from people living in all 78 neighborhoods

J. Helfgott (October 23, 2023

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Q&A with Renton City Councilmember Carmen Rivera

C. Rivera (June 20, 2023)

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Take a seat at the table of Seattle community-police dialogues

J. Helfgott, B. Bledsoe, & K. Kepler (June 14, 2023)

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Workers returning to downtown Seattle offices could help deter crime, experts say

J. Helfgott (March 6, 2023)

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Safety? It's a statistic and a feeling

J. Helfgott (February 13, 2023)

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Seattle’s pandemic crime fever may finally be breaking

J. Helfgott (January 7, 2023)

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Opinion: Diverse Voices Are Needed to Understand Public Safety and Security in Seattle

Helfgott, Bledsoe and Kepler (December 1, 2022)

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How to lend your voice to the conversation on community policing

Helfgott and Bledsoe (October 9, 2022)

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Active shooter training in schools gives students and staff every option to survive

Gialopsos and Lero Jonson (June 18, 2022)

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Arming teachers seems an easy fix but are the possible costs worth the risks?

Lero Jonson, Gialopsos and Burton (June 2, 2022)

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Mass shootings: We can prevent them, reduce harm

Gialopsos, B. et al. (December 13, 2021)

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Seattle survey wants to know: How do you feel about public safety?

J. Helfgott & W. S. Parkin (October 19, 2021)

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All eyes on public safety: A look at Seattleites’ concerns about their neighborhoods

J. Helfgott & W. S. Parkin (November 13, 2020)

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Seattle Public Safety Survey Probes Safety for Everyone, Including People Who are Unhoused

Helfgott, J.B. and Parkin, W.H. (November 12, 2020) 

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The Seattle City Council owes Police Chief Best an apology

J. Helfgott (August 12, 2020)

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The movement to defund the police is wrong, and here’s why

J. Helfgott (June 9, 2020)

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Allow Dreamers to become police officers to better serve our communities

J. Helfgott, P. Collins, & M. Hickman (October 29, 2019)

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Background checks give false sense of security at airports

J. Helfgott (August 16, 2018)

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Behind the bars: Mistaken release of inmates offers look at criminal justice policy

J. Helfgott (January 20, 2016)

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