Community Relations Season

Just Science is excited to release our mini season: Community Relations. This season dives deep into pressing issues of fairness and equity in the legal system. Tune in as experts and practitioners across a range of specializations discuss racial and socioeconomic disparities in the pretrial system, the impact of emerging technologies on police-community relationships, alternative responses to traditional law enforcement, and much more in this new season of Just Science.
 
This season of Just Science is funded in part by RTI’s Applied Justice Research Division and other projects. Please view the individual episode pages for more information about episode funding. 
 
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Episodes

Episode 198 | Just Emerging Technologies in Policing

Original Release Date: March 25, 2022 In the final episode of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Mike Planty, the Director of RTI’s Center for Community Safety, to discuss how emerging technologies in policing affect… read more 

Episode 197 | Just Responding to Cases of Interpersonal Violence

Original Release Date: March 18, 2022 In episode three of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Dr. Nick Richardson, a research analyst in RTI’s Center for Community Safety, to discuss disparities in police responses to cases… read more 

Episode 196 | Just Alternatives to Traditional Law Enforcement Responses

Original Release Date: March 11, 2022 In episode two of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Lieutenant Renae Lockhart and Azalea Garza-Orozco with the ACORNS Unit at the Raleigh Police Department, as well as Brian Aagaard, a… read more 

Episode 195 | Just Reforming Pretrial Policies

Original Release Date: March 4, 2022 In episode one of our Community Relations season, Just Science sat down with Monica Sheppard, a research analyst, and Dr. Yamanda Wright, a research psychologist in RTI’s Transformative Research Unit for Equity (TRUE),… read more