Skip to content Skip to navigation

Criminal Justice

NEWS

SPARQ and Attorney General Report on "Principled Policing"

Wednesday, June 8, 2016
On April 19, 2016, SPARQ and the Office of the Attorney General released the Principled Policing Report on procedural justice and implicit bias training. Press release from the Office of the Attorney General: SACRAMENTO - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Assemblymembers Reggie Jones- Sawyer and Rob Bonta have introduced legislation to expand Principled Policing training to law enforcement agencies across the state to address issues of implicit bias and community trust...
View More Criminal Justice News

PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS

Principled Policing Report

Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Principled Policing Report
The relationship between law enforcement and the communities they serve must be grounded in trust in order to ensure safety and protection for all. Recent events in California and across the nation have strained this relationship. As part of Attorney General Kamala D. Harris’ ongoing commitment to identify strategies to strengthen trust between law enforcement and communities, the Department of Justice offered California law enforcement executives a course...

Respectful Policing

Monday, November 10, 2014

In the wake of Ferguson and other high-profile cases, police departments all over the nation are struggling to improve their relationships with the communities they serve. Applying basic social psychological theory, SPARQ is partnering with the Oakland Police Department to research, develop, and implement better policing techniques.

Peaceful in the Middle East

Thursday, March 27, 2014
Intractable intergroup conflicts, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, represent the greatest threats we face as a species. These conflicts are inherently psychological, but social psychologists have only recently begun applying their methods to analyze and perhaps help heal these conflicts. In this Special Project, SPARQ Faculty Affiliates Carol Dweck and James Gross are collaborating with Eran Halperin of the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel...

SOLUTIONS

Belief in Change Reduces Bullying

Problem

Rejection by peers leads teens to act aggressively and feel down.

Solution

Teaching teens that everyone has the capacity to change decreases aggression and symptoms of depression following peer exclusion. If people can change, so too can social labels like “bully” and “loser"...

Seeing Diversity Lessens Discrimination

Problem

Prejudice and discrimination make life hard for many people around the world.

Solution

Showing that other groups are made up of diverse individuals reduces prejudice and discrimination.... 

Conflict Resolution
Criminal Justice
Education