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Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS)

Law Enforcement Organization (LEO) Survey

NCJ Number
253935
Date Published
October 2011
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored)

Presidential Plenary Address - Strengthening Science to Promote Justice and Public Safety

Thank you for that kind introduction, Lisa [Melissa Hickman Barlow]. I am pleased to be here, especially in New York City!

The first time in my professional career that I presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences [ACJS] was in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 25, 1982. The title of the paper was "Applications of the Oral History Technique...