The Queen of Public Golf Courses (Ontario only)The other day Mr. Huey and I were out walking our dogs when one of the neighbors shouted over, "We saw you were in the news! Thanks for...
Spilling Secrets: Secrecy & Police DataThere is a very amusing debate going on on Twitter at the moment among policing criminologists. I will skip the less than salacious...
This is Why We Can't Have Nice ThingsIt's no secret that I stepped down as the Exec. Director of Can-SEBP a few weeks back and I can't say that I'm missing it. It's...
"I have this theory ...." What Theory is and What To Do With It.Yesterday I had an absolutely fantastic chat with a former student from my Qualitative Research Methods course. She was struggling with...
KT is not BSI just spent the weekend finishing up reviewing grant applications for some policing projects that may nor may not get funded. If I had...
Why That 'Stuff' from Psych101 May Be Useful to RememberA day ago there was a horrendous car accident that killed a mother and her three children. What made the story even more remarkable was...
Reality Check: Indigenous Policing ResearchI had an interesting exchange on Twitter the other day with one of my fave indigenous police leaders, an exchange that got me reflecting...
To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before ... (exploratory research) A lot of research, particularly in the policing field, is what is termed 'confirmatory' - that is, the researcher has a pretty good idea...
It Ain’t Always That Easy, Kids: Qualitative InterviewingI’m just going to put this out there: there’s a lot of misconceptions about qualitative (person-centred) versus quantitative...
Plaquenil (or why we must test, test, test)Every day I take a drug called hydroxychloroquine. If that names sounds vaguely familiar, I'm not surprised. It was highly hyped in all...