One of our graduate students, Cal Blevens presented in a paper session with Dr. Sakiyama at the annual meeting for the American Society of Criminology in 2022. The presentation entitled, Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey’s on Law Enforcement Officers’ Attitudinal hangs in Oregon, examined the police officers’ attitudinal change over a 10-year span (2011 v. 2021) on various cotemporary law enforcement issues and practices in Oregon. More specifically, the present study investigates the changes over time in officers’ perceptions and involvement in community-oriented policing and its interrelationship between agency type, ranking, and other demographic factors.

Cal indicated the first exposure to an academic conference as the following:

“The whole experience was incredible. There were presentations that took place all day so you could just wake up and go from one presentation to another. While giving my own presentation was nerve wracking, it was a great experience not only analyzing the data and making the presentation itself, but also speaking in front of a room of criminal justice professionals and graduate level students. Along with all the great presentations I listened to, the people I met were passionate about the criminal justice system and incredibly nice. Going to ASC was a great experience for learning how to give professional presentations, and listening to a lot of other presentations. It was an incredible experience I will never forget.”

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mari Sakiyama
Co-Researchers: Dr. Omar Melchor Ayala, Dr. Miyuki Arimoto

Following the successful implementation of this grant, Benton County has reached out indicating that they would like to continue working with us in their new release program.