Public Scholarship and Media Interviews
Crime and Justice Research Center faculty are well represented in many publications and across the media landscape.
Featured Article
Read about the importance of academic–practitioner collaboration and the place of criminal justice within academia.
Jacqueline B. Helfgott, The Criminologist, 53(5), 9–14, September/October 2026
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You will find our faculty, alumni and students addressing key issues.
News Stories
Members of the media often turn to our faculty for perspective or refer to their research when reporting on related topics.
Hey, South 快猫视频: There鈥檚 still time to take a public safety survey.
Helfgott, J.B. (2025, November 21)
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What the release of the South Hill rapist says about the civil commitment of sexually violent predators, remorse, and justice.
Helfgott, J.B. (2025, October 17)
快猫视频 police recruits鈥� training takes them beyond warrior-vs.-guardian
Helfgott, J.B. & Hickman, M.J. (2025, September 26)
Make your safety, Policing concerns heard in 快猫视频 Safety Survey
J. Helfgott (November 6, 2024)
鈥淔ellow detectives accused him of racism: Henderson鈥檚 new police chief cleared him of discipline.鈥�
M. Hickman (December 11, 2023
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Make your voice heard on Denver鈥檚 Public Safety Survey
J. Helfgott (December 3, 2023)
Make your safety concerns heard in the 快猫视频 Public Safety Survey
J. Helfgott (November 15, 2023)
Denver police want public safety feedback from people living in all 78 neighborhoods
J. Helfgott (October 23, 2023
Police, Privilege, and Pride
C. Rivera (July 7, 2023)
Q&A with Renton City Councilmember Carmen Rivera
C. Rivera (June 20, 2023)
Take a seat at the table of 快猫视频 community-police dialogues
J. Helfgott, B. Bledsoe, & K. Kepler (June 14, 2023)
Workers returning to downtown 快猫视频 offices could help deter crime, experts say
J. Helfgott (March 6, 2023)
Safety? It's a statistic and a feeling
J. Helfgott (February 13, 2023)
快猫视频鈥檚 pandemic crime fever may finally be breaking
J. Helfgott (January 7, 2023)
Opinion: Diverse Voices Are Needed to Understand Public Safety and Security in 快猫视频
Helfgott, Bledsoe and Kepler (December 1, 2022)
How to lend your voice to the conversation on community policing
Helfgott and Bledsoe (October 9, 2022)
Active shooter training in schools gives students and staff every option to survive
Gialopsos and Lero Jonson (June 18, 2022)
Arming teachers seems an easy fix but are the possible costs worth the risks?
Lero Jonson, Gialopsos and Burton (June 2, 2022)
Mass shootings: We can prevent them, reduce harm
Gialopsos, B. et al. (December 13, 2021)
快猫视频 survey wants to know: How do you feel about public safety?
J. Helfgott & W. S. Parkin (October 19, 2021)
All eyes on public safety: A look at 快猫视频ites鈥� concerns about their neighborhoods
J. Helfgott & W. S. Parkin (November 13, 2020)
快猫视频 Public Safety Survey Probes Safety for Everyone, Including People Who are Unhoused
Helfgott, J.B. and Parkin, W.H. (November 12, 2020)聽
The 快猫视频 City Council owes Police Chief Best an apology
J. Helfgott (August 12, 2020)
The movement to defund the police is wrong, and here鈥檚 why
J. Helfgott (June 9, 2020)
Allow Dreamers to become police officers to better serve our communities
J. Helfgott, P. Collins, & M. Hickman (October 29, 2019)
Background checks give false sense of security at airports
J. Helfgott (August 16, 2018)
Behind the bars: Mistaken release of inmates offers look at criminal justice policy
J. Helfgott (January 20, 2016)