Saturday, March 22, 2025

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 policing in Canada and the work that the Police Research Lab does with the RCMP. We had a great visit and connected with colleagues from the Canadian Police College,... More

Saturday, March 22, 2025

March 2025 News

It has been a long time since we last posted a news story. A lot has happened since the last post: Numerous students in the lab have published important papers, including Ariane, Audrey, Bryce, Tori, and Zack. Their publications can be found on the publications page. The lab had a great showing at the... More

Friday, November 22, 2024

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 had the pleasure of training a great group of call-takers from the Ottawa Police Service and the Toronto Police Service. These folks will now take the training back to... More

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

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 of Police Non-Fatal Use of Force Reports Between 2020 and 2021. Well done... More

Friday, April 14, 2023

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 be awesome in the Psy.D. program at Université de Montréal. Check out Lélia's poster... More

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

April 2023 News

Congrats to all who worked on the newest PRL publication: Bennell, C., Simpson, R., Makeen-Braze, L., Ackert-Fraser, R., Lanzo, L., & Bennell, N. (in press). Public perceptions of police officers who wear pins or patches on their uniform. Police Practice and Research. A first publication for Lelia, Remmy, Lia, and Noah! Way to go... More

Saturday, March 18, 2023

March 2023 News

The lab did a shift at the Ottawa Food Bank, along with Kirk Luther and his students. Had a lot of fun and felt great to help out. Already planning our next shift. Check it out here and here and... More

Monday, February 13, 2023

February 2023 News

Congrats to all the students in the Police Research Lab who just received notice that their paper and poster submissions were accepted for presentation at the North American Correctional and Criminal Justice Psychology Conference, which will be taking place in Toronto from June 23-25. A total of 11(!) submissions were... More

Friday, January 27, 2023

January 2023 News

The evaluation of London, Ontario's Community Outreach and Support Team, which was conducted by Craig and Tori, continues to get media attention. Check out the article... More

Sunday, November 27, 2022

November 2022 News

Another great lab outing tonight. Had a blast at laser tag. Got ugly for a bit though...kids turning on parents, parents turning on kids. Check out the... More

Monday, November 14, 2022

November 2022 News

Huge congrats to Simon Baldwin and team for winning the Davis Award for Best Psychometrics-Related Research at the Annual Conference of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, which was held in Quebec City in September, 2022. They won for Simon's presentation entitled, A Reasonable Officer: Examining the Relationships Among Stress,... More

Thursday, September 29, 2022

September 2022 New

Dr. Craig Bennell and Tori Semple are pleased to release their final report on the Community Outreach and Support Team in London, Ontario (view... More

Friday, July 1, 2022

June 2022 News

The lab had a great (and sometimes scary!) night out at BATL Axe Throwing! Lots of pizza, competition, and fun. Check out the... More

Thursday, June 30, 2022

June 2022 News

Excited to announce that a new paper Dr. Bennell was involved with, which was led by Dr. Christopher Giacomantonio and co-authored by Dr. Yael Litmanovitz and Dan Jones, was just published online: Expressing uncertainty in criminology: Applying insights from scientific communication to evidence-based policing. Check it out on our Journal Articles... More

Sunday, June 26, 2022

June 2022 News

We have added a new page to our website to showcase some of our knowledge mobilization efforts, including infographics, reports, and magazine articles. A new series of videos and animations will be posted soon. Check it out... More

Monday, February 7, 2022

February 2022 News

For police officers who are having difficulty accessing published research, check out this new research brief written by Dr. Craig Bennell by clicking here (also, check out the infographic embedded within the brief, which was developed by Noah... More

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

January 2022 News

Congratulations on publishing this important work Dr. Simon Baldwin, Dr. Brittany Blaskovits, Dr. Christine Hall, Mr. Chris Lawrence, and Dr. Craig Bennell: A reasonable officer: Examining the relationships among stress, training, and performance in a highly realistic lethal force... More

Sunday, January 2, 2022

December 2021 News

The Royal Society of Canada's Working Group on Mental Health and Policing, of which Dr. Craig Bennell is a member, published their second report entitled "Caught in the Currents: Evaluating the Evidence for Common Downstream Police Response Interventions in Calls Involving Persons with Mental Illness". You can read it... More

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

December 2021 News

Congratulations to Bryce Jenkins, Ariane Khanizadeh, Audrey MacIsaac, and Tori Semple for successfully defending their thesis proposals this... More

Friday, July 3, 2020

July 2020 News

Congratulations to Simon Baldwin who received one of the International Association of Chiefs of Police "40 Under 40" awards: "Awardees represent the top rising leaders from around the globe, exemplifying leadership, dedication, and service to their communities and the law enforcement... More

Friday, July 3, 2020

July 2020 News

The PRL is proud to see Simon Baldwin's research featured in Carleton's Graduate Research... More

Friday, July 3, 2020

July 2020 News

Congrats on publishing this important work Tori Semple, Bryce Jenkins, and Dr. Craig Bennell: "Injuries and Deaths Proximate to Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Deployment: A Literature... More

Friday, July 3, 2020

June 2020 News

Check out Dr. Craig Bennell's Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Research Brief on Use of... More

Monday, June 15, 2020

June 2020 News

In response to recent concerns raised about our report entitled, "Assigning Value to Peel Regional Police's School Resource Officer Program," we have prepared the following statement: Peel Report... More

Sunday, August 20, 2017

August 2017 News

The Police Research Lab is heading to San Diego, California to present eight papers and seven posters at the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology... More

Sunday, August 20, 2017

August 2017 News

Look for Emeno and Bennell's new publication: "Near repeat space-time clustering of Canadian crime" in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.... More

Sunday, August 20, 2017

August 2017 News

Huey, Blaskovits, Bennell, Kalyal, and Walker have just published: "To what extent do Canadian police professionals think that their agencies are ‘targeting, testing and tracking’ new police strategies and programs?" in Police Practice and Research: An International... More

Sunday, May 28, 2017

May 2017 News

Check out: "Using offender crime scene behaviour to link sexual assaults: A comparison of three statistical approaches" by Tonkin, Pakkanen, Sirén, Bennell, Woodhams, Burrell, Imre, Winter, Lam, ten Brinke, Webb, Labuschagne, Ashmore-Hills, van der Kemp, Lipponen, Rainbow, Salfati, and Santtila in the Journal of Criminal... More

Sunday, May 28, 2017

May 2017 News

Hot off the press: "Multidimensional Scaling Analysis of Psychopathy in Male Juveniles using the PCL:YV" by Ellingwood, Bennell, Emeno, Forth, Kosson, and Hare in the Journal of Criminal... More

Sunday, April 30, 2017

April 2017 News

Welcome to the new PRL MA students: Tori Semple, Bryce Jenkins, Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Shaela Jalava, and Jamie... More

Sunday, April 30, 2017

April 2017 News

Congratulations to Craig for receiving the 2017-2021 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant for research on "Body worn cameras in use-of-force encounters: Their influence on officer behaviour and... More

Monday, January 30, 2017

January 2017 News

Congratulations to Brittany Blaskovits for receiving the David and Rachel Epstein Foundation Scholarship, the Hamlin Graduate Fellowship, and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research... More

Monday, January 30, 2017

January 2017 News

Congratulations to Simon Baldwin for earning his advanced-specialist certification in Force Science... More

Monday, January 30, 2017

January 2017 News

Congratulations to Simon Baldwin for receiving recognition in the Force Science Institute Ltd. Newsletter! Visit www.forcescience.org for more... More

Monday, January 30, 2017

September 2016 News

Welcome to the new PRL members: Tom Walker and Heather... More

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