Chad Posick has a B.S.
degree in criminal justice and an M.S. degree in public policy
from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He just finished his
Ph.D in criminal justice from Northeastern University in Boston,
Massachusetts. He has worked with Project Safe Neighborhoods in
the Western District of New York as well as the Department of
Criminal Justice Service’s Project Impact. His research areas
include restorative justice, cognitive behavioral interventions
and action research.
Joe Brummer is completely committed to the field of nonviolence
and shows it in both his professional and personal decorum. His
trainings are inspiring and his mediation skills are those of a
seasoned professional.... As of July 1, 2010, Joe Brummer has
taken the job of Associate Executive Director at Community
Mediation, Inc. in New Haven, CT.
Michael Rocque
Michael Rocque is the
research director at the Maine Department of Corrections and an
adjunct faculty member of the University of Maine’s Sociology
Department. His research interests include the demography of
crime, life-course criminology and crime prevention.
The role of empathy in
policing, both empathy for and by the police, is gaining attention
from criminal justice researchers and practitioners. While
research on the effectiveness and importance of empathy in
policing is limited, the existing research indicates that empathy
increases perceptions of legitimacy and trust in the police. This
panel discusses a range of issues related to the role of empathy
in criminal behavior, punishment, and policing with a specific
emphasis on training police on how to incorporate empathy into
their work.
Discussion Transcript and Outline:
00:00 Introduction
(transcription pending)
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