About this episode

Jeremy Wilson discusses police recruitment and the evolving landscape of police staffing with host Jerry Ratcliffe.

Jeremy Wilson is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and the Founding Director of the Police Staffing Observatory at Michigan State University. Before that, he was a Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation. His chat with host Jerry Ratcliffe covers police recruitment, what is wrong with so many operational allocation models, and how the world of police staffing is changing.

People in this episode

Host: Jerry Ratcliffe

Guest: Jeremy Wilson

Topics covered

• police recruitment
• operational allocation models
• police staffing
• criminal justice
• behavioral science

Keywords

• police recruitment
• staffing models
• criminal justice
• Michigan State University
• RAND Corporation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Michigan State University, RAND Corporation

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