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Papers focused on topics such as robbery, homicide, sexual assault/rape, sexual harassment, child

sexual abuse, child prostitution, domestic violence, witness intimidation, gang crime, drug use,

drug dealing, binge drinking, academic dishonesty, texting while driving, and sexting. The only

papers focused on elite deviance were written about forced labor, financial exploitation of the

elderly, crimes of the food industry, and violations of federal water safety regulations. Finally,

there was only one paper focused on acts of terrorism during the entire period of study. As a

group, we are not presenting on the greatest threats to our lives and property, meaning we are not

analyzing the behaviors that cause the most harm to citizens.

Papers on policing were on a wide variety of topics, including student perceptions of

police, reducing citizen complaints, community policing, citizen accountability, communication

with the media, police education, paramilitary and problem-based training, recruitment and

retention, policing styles, officer satisfaction, stress, hot spots policing, police pursuits, initial

crime responses, police use of data, conducting research with law enforcement agencies, wearing

body cameras, false burglar alarms, leadership, ethics, information sharing, cold cases, K9s,

police in schools, fitness policies, BLET, dealing with particular populations, police

victimization, ethnicity and gender of officers, asset forfeiture, policing after Ferguson, and

evaluations of particular police programs. Generally missing from the conference presentations

were papers that were critical of particular police policies or policing in America more generally.

Papers on courts were also varied, and included student perceptions of judges and

Constitutional issues, drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, women’s and girls’

courts “Alford pleas,” stress among public defenders, as well as more critical assessments such

as the Constitutionality of particular practices and sentencing disparities and social justice.

Numerous important court issues are not being addressed in NCCJA conference presentations.

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