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SPCP 2026

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Wednesday, September 16 to
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Additional information will be posted sooon

Congratulations Award Winners!

SPCP 2025 in Anaheim California was a wonderful event! It was a great opportunity for participants to share ideas with colleagues who have overlapping interests. The conference featured 55 presentations, 8 professional posters and 17 student posters. We are pleased to announce the following awards:

C. Edward Shaffer Award for Best Research Presentation
This award is given to the research presentation that best represents the spirit of Ed Shaffer, who had a solid commitment to research.

Stacy Cecchet for “AI-Assisted Exploitation: Understanding Offender Behavior and Victim Risk in a New Era of Child Sexual Exploitation”

Chris Hatcher New Vision Award
This award is given to the presentation that best demonstrates thinking that would advance the field of police and criminal psychology.

Larry James & Amanda Higgs for “Psychological Profiles of Domestic Terrorists”

Wilson Kimbrough Award for Scholarly Work in Psychology and Criminal Justice with an Applied Focus
This award is given to the presentation that has the best applied approach to a “real-world” problem.

Matthew Rensi for “State of the Union: PTSD Treatment for Law Enforcement Officers”

Davis Award for Best Psychometrics-Related Research Talk
This award is given to the presentation exhibiting the best research incorporating sophisticated use of statistics and psychometrics.

Mike Hou for “A Multi-Goal, Multi-Action, Cognitive-Affective (MMCA) Model for Understanding Gatekeepers’ Intention to Report Deviant Close-Others”

Jim Turner Mentorship Award
This award is given to the Society member who has exhibited a high level of mentoring students in furtherance of police and criminal psychology.

Alicia McLean

Eileen Gupton Best Professional Poster Award
This award is given in recognition of a high-quality poster displayed by a non-student.

William Foreman for “An In-Prison Psychotherapy Program that Greatly Reduces Recidivism”

Michael Serafino Award for Best Student Poster
This award commemorates Michael F. Serafino. Michael was born on November 19, 1968. He died on July 21, 1992, at the age of 23 while he was a graduate student in criminal justice studies at New Mexico State University. He was a student member of the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology who attended the conference in 1991, where he made a positive impression on Society members. At the time of his death, Michael had been preparing a paper for presentation at the Society’s 1992 conference. In 1994 the Society inaugurated the Michael F. Serafino Best Student Poster competition in honor of Michael. His parents, Gerry and Ann Serafino, who fund the award, have been members of the Society since 1984 and remain supporters of SPCP to this day.

Amy Smith for “Professional Perceptions and Interpretations of Postpartum Mental Illness in Maternal Filicide Cases”

Aumiller People’s Choice Award
This award is given to the presentation that is most popular among audience members for being visually appealing, engaging, and creative.

Pietro D’Ingillo & Geoffrey Deedrick for “The R.O.A.R. Field Response Model: A Roadmap to Crisis Stabilization, Field Dynamics, and Decision Making”

Support our 2025 Conference Sponsors

Jerry & Ann Serafino

in honor of

Michael F. Serafino

Gary Aumiller
Herb Gupton
JMU Faculty Senate
Wayne Wallace
Kammie JuzwinCold Case Foundation

Conference History

Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Our 2024 conference was held September 25-28. Conference Program

Conference in Arlington, Texas. Our 2023 conference was held September 20-23.
Conference Program

Conference in Quebec, Canada. The 48th meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology was held September 21-24, 2022. Conference Program

ACCOP 2022, the Asian Conference for Police and Operations Psychology was held as an online conference based in Singapore, July 18-22, 2022. More information

Online Conference. Our 2021 conference was held online on Zoom, September 30 - October 2, 2021 Conference Program

Online Conference. Our 2020 conference was held online on Zoom, November 5-7, 2020. Conference Program

Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The 45th meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology was held September 22-25, 2019. Conference Program

ACCOP 2019, the Asian Conference for Police and Operations Psychology held in Singapore, July 9-12, 2019 had almost 450 attendees from 12 countries, who chose from 73 workshops and presentations and 33 poster presentations on a variety of public safety topics. More information

Conference in Sarasota, Florida. The 44th meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology was held September 30-October 3, 2018. Conference Program

Conference in San Diego, California. The 43rd meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, was held September 13-16, 2017. Conference Program

Conference in Austin, Texas. The 42nd meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology was held September 25-28, 2016. Conference Program

The Asian Conference of Criminal and Operations Psychology (ACCOP) was held in Singapore, July 12 - July 16, 2016. More information

Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The 41st annual meeting of the Society was held September 30 - October 3, 2015. Conference Program

Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 40th annual meeting of the Society was held September 17-20, 2014. Conference Program

Conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The 39th annual meeting of the Society held on September 25-28, 2013. Conference Program

The Asian Conference of Criminal and Operations Psychology (ACCOP) 2013 . More Information

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Police Use of Force: What Psychologists Need to Know. a workshop by former police lieutenant and current board-certified police psychologist, Mark Zelig, PhD, ABPP, is now available on-demand. The workshop is designed for mental health clinicians who work with law enforcement agencies and personnel. It is especially designed for psychologists with limited knowledge of police use of force. More information

An Introduction to the Specialty of Police and Public Safety Psychology is available. Free, online and available on demand. More information

The Society of Consulting Psychology and the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations seek to create an event, series of events, and/or publication for members of each organization to explore our respective understandings of the science and art of policing, We aspire to improve consulting services to police organizations. If you have provided consultation to police organizations and would be willing to contribute a presentation or publication to our event or series of events, please contact Tamara S. Lyn, PhD, at tammylyn@post.harvard.edu.

Mentorship and Sponsorship Program. An online program is available for licensed psychologists of color who are interested in a career in police psychology. The program includes six meetings/year and will be designed around the interests and needs of the participants. For more information contact Dr. Philip Trompetter (philtrompetter@gmail.com) or Dr. Dave Corey (dmc@corey-stewart.com).

Introduction to Police and Public Safety Psychology, a 10-hour, self-paced course by Dr. Philip Trompetter and Dr. Jaime Brower is now available. More information

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*The listings above are provided as a free service of SPCP. Items listed here have not been vetted by the organization and they should not be construed as an endorsement by the Society.

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