Police Research Lab (PRL)
Welcome to the website for the Police Research Lab (PRL). The PRL is located in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The PRL’s Director is Dr. Craig Bennell, a Professor in the Department of Psychology.
The PRL provides an environment where researchers are able to examine a range of important issues in policing. Currently, researchers in the PRL conduct research in four primary areas: (1) evidence-based policing, (2) police de-escalation and use of force, (3) police responses to people in crisis, particularly mental health crises; and (4) the reliability, validity, and usefulness of psychologically-based investigative techniques.
Please look through our website. If you have any general comments about the site, have questions about the research we’re conducting, or would like to get involved in the PRL as a volunteer, student, or collaborator, please contact Craig directly.
Craig will be accepting new graduate students for the 2026-2027 academic year. Please reach out if you are interested.
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March 2025 News
Craig had the pleasure of hosting a number of colleagues and friends from the Singapore Police Force. They were here to learn more about evidence-based…
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March 2025 News
It has been a long time since we last posted a news story. A lot has happened since the last post:
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November 2024 News
Craig, Gen, and Zack delivered the first round of train-the-trainer training for our new training course: Crisis Intervention and De-escalation Training for 911 Call-Takers. We…
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July 2023 News
A big congratulations to Lia Lanzo who won the 2023 CPA Best Student Award for her poster: Qualitative Analysis of Excited Delirium Syndrome (ExDS): Examination…
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April 2023 News
Congrats to Lélia for doing an amazing job presenting here honours thesis at the PURE conference yesterday! We’ll miss you next year, but know you’ll…
