To new grad students: Get ready to make mistakes. Thousands. Interpersonal, scientific, small, large. Thousands. If you already knew it, you would not need the degree. The real test is what you do after you mess up.

My @temple_cj colleague and friend Jen Wood is a spectacular researcher, and one of the smartest scholars and thinkers I’ve ever known. The 2021 Law Enforcement & Public Health conference will be great.

It’s ok to forgive someone for past harm but still not give them the opportunity to harm you again.

It was an absolute honor to present @2020Iop and to be the first speaker of the day!! It was totally worth working through the time difference (3:15am for me) @MatthewSwarney @Alicemepark @ProfRArmitage @HuddersfieldUni @WeLoveResearch @StacyWilsonCla1 @DaveZackrias @Hiltz1881

“...we can make more progress thinking analytically & experimentally about crime &its control than we can by exchanging slogans, rehearsing our ideology, or exaggerating the extent to which human nature or government institutions can be changed according to plan.” James Q. Wilson

“The common theme of the essays that make up this book is that the proper design of public policies requires a clear and sober understanding of the nature of man and, in particular, of the extent to which that nature can be changed by plan.” ~ Thinking About Crime James Q. Wilson

Using Evidence Based Analytics to Create Narratives for Police Decision Making | Frontiers Research Topic

As violence, particularly gun crime, spikes in many communities- to include mine, we must look to evidence-based practices that follow strategies suggested by those like @Abt_Thomas- focused, balanced/fair, and measured. Anything less is a disservice to our community.

I finally got my twitter handle back @DrReneeMitchell so I will be back over there! Twitter thought I was a bot. They even apologized for shutting me off!

Help the COVID communication portal spread as fast as COVID 19 retweet this tweet and tag three people! @PoliceOne @bluelivesmtr @policetaskforce This is a law enforcement only portal to facilitate the sharing of information on COVID.

ASEBP has created a secure law enforcement portal for police agencies to share information about COVID19. Created by cops4cops to disseminate information between agencies in a faster manner. Please contribute your policies, practices and creative ideas at

ASEBP has created a secure law enforcement only portal for agencies to upload policies, practices, & ideas concerning COVID19. During this pandemic we need a way to share info & ask questions as this crisis evolves. https://t.co/rYwvC1ngmt

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Having some states shelter in place while others are still free to roam is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.

#Northeastern PhD students Emma Fridel & Stuti Kokkalera successfully defended their dissertations this week! 🎉 Next, both have accepted assistant professorships following graduation – Dr. Fridel will join @FSUCriminology & Dr. Kokkalera will join @SHSUCJ. Congratulations!

2 weeks ago I started showering at work after every shift in effort to lower the risk of me bringing Covid home. I've gotta tell you, it's refreshing to arrive home clean, and it's helps to start the decompression from the day. I may keep this up, even on the other side!

The send off for Captain Brett Crozier who was relieved from duty for TRYING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF HIS CREW

Stay home if you can. And with drivers, delivery people, and restaurants, we’ll help #MoveWhatMatters: 10 million free rides and deliveries of food for frontline healthcare workers, seniors, and people in need. Learn more →

That about sums it up. So proud of my @JohnsHopkinsSPH colleagues for their leadership to respond to the COVID19 crisis with data and solid policy prescriptions to save lives.