LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION BLOG

Another great study on a timely topic from LEJA Professors Alexander and Ekici. We invite you to read the study here. https://www.securitymagazine.com/blogs/14-security-blog/post/92938-covid-19s-effects-on-policing

WIU LEJA professors Bitner, Ekici, & Sergevnin collaborated with LEJA graduate student Chloe Layne and University of Cincinnati professor Ozer to study how members of Generation Z view service of police officers. The research and findings were recently published internationally through a Russian journal in both English and Russian. The English version is available here. Russian publication

Faculty and a graduate student from the School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration at Western Illinois University collaborated to study Generation Z's perception of the use of deadly force by police. Their research was recently accepted for publication in Roll Call: A Leadership and Ethics Publication produced by The Center for American and International Law's Institute for Law Enforcement Administration. You can find the article titled Surveying Generation Z’s Paradigms on the Use of Deadly Force by Police through the link below and starting on page 4. https://www.cailaw.org/media/files/ILEA/Publications/RollCall/2020/ethics-roll-call-spring-2020.pdf

Faculty from WIU's School of Law Enforcement and Justice Administration collaborated with Independent Researchers from Turkey to study kidnapping and extortion as tools for funding terrorism. The article is published in the Journal of Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression; which is a highly recognized tier one journal published on behalf of the Society for Terrorism Research. Please use this link to read their pioneering research: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TI5AKIJQIGCCBACMXYHI/full?target=10.1080/19434472.2020.1745257