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Procedural Justice is more than a simple buzzword. It is related to police legitimacy, de-escalation, hot spots policing, and organizational justice.

This week we talk with Dr. Justin Nix, a Distinguished Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha, where he teaches classes on policing and coordinates the Master of Arts degree program. Justine offers a solid discussion of Procedural Justice basics, but also delves into empowerment hypothesis and legal estrangement.

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At its most fundamental level, policing is a public service. And there is a trend in policing to recognize that duty. This episode will explore how some police agencies have begun to work with service providers to help people into drug treatment. Professor Sean Varano, from Roger Williams University, discusses some of the complexities of this goal. Dr. Varano is an active collaborator with local communities implementing and evaluating evidence-based approaches to crime and public health. He was a co-principal investigator/evaluator for the City of Providence’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) gang reduction program funded through the U.S. Department of Justice.

If you are interested in some of the training, strategic guidance, support, and resources to help law enforcement agencies implement diversion programs, here are a few links:

The Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery Initiative (PAARI):
https://paariusa.org/

Police Treatment and Community Collaborative (PTACC):
https://ptaccollaborative.org/

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"Policing Humor" can be interpreted in two ways. First, the cops are cracking down on jokes or anyone trying to be a "funny guy." Second, and correctly, the notion that policing expose officers to a lot of funny situations. But there is utility in humor, and we'll examine this in the podcast. Further, attempts to take away the ability for officers to crack jokes with each other can have negative effects on officers and policing in general.

I'm joined by S. Marlon Gayadeen from Buffalo State University who will bring some depth to the idea that policing (as with other stressful jobs), to some extent, requires humor.

S. Marlon Gayadeen is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at SUNY Buffalo State University. His research interests are anchored in sociological (classical, contemporary & organizational) and criminological theoretical frameworks. Government agencies and criminal justice practitioners have utilized his insights on crime causation.

If you are interested in reading the article that we discuss, I can provide a PDF version (Gayadeen, S. M., & Phillips, S. W. (2016). Donut time: the use of humor across the police work environment. Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 5(1), 44-59).

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