The SITREPHi! There will be upcoming webinar panels this summer semester on June 23rd and July 21st. The topic of the webinars and the panelist attending will be listed on this page soon! This is an amazing opportunity to hear from incredible people.
Summer Classes has started the week of May 24th! Have a good first week for the Masters Program for Criminal Justice at Meredith College.
Over the past year, there has been a call for police officers and departments to do a better job dealing with mental health issues especially with regards to COVID. The MA in Criminal Justice hosted a panel of practitioners today specifically focused on responding to community concerns in stressful times. Notably, the panel emphasized responding to people in the community by seeing their actions in a contextualized manner instead of focusing solely on actions. Crisis Intervention Training is a program that police officers can take to learn how to de-escalate situations, deal with involuntary commitment, and more generally to meet people where they are. The panel stressed that the future of policing and criminal justice must strive to find an equitable response for all communities.
On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, the MA in Criminal Justice held a panel discussion on Trauma-Informed Policing with Professor Bianca Harris, Chief Blue, and his staff from the Chapel Hill Police Department. The topic of discussion for this panel was to discuss what Trauma-Informed Policing is. Throughout the discussion, Chief Blue and his staff would describe this policing model as showing empathy and acknowledging that the community that officers are engaging with has been impacted by trauma in various ways. This collaborative policing allows officers to approach individuals with a trauma-informed lens.
Quote from the panel: “We do more than just the traditional law enforcement job. We help resolve the situation by using empathy and understanding to help the individual get the help they need in order to not escalate the situation. This is because everything is not black and white, you have to look at the grey areas”. – Chapel Hill Police Department
On October 22nd, 2020, the MA in Criminal Justice hosted a panel which consisted of devout, female leaders in the field of Corrections. These panel members provided an insight on their work within the State of North Carolina. Several students and members of criminal justice departments within North Carolina attended the event. The event was recorded and provided publicly for students.
On September 16, the MA in Criminal Justice at Meredith hosted a panel on Juvenile Justice and Raise the Age. Several students and members of government agencies in NC, Maryland and Alabama were in attendance. The event was recorded and has been archived for students.
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