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SPCP in San Diego!  The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology will be held in beautiful San Diego, California,September 13-16, 2017 at the Doubletree by Hilton San Diego Downtown, More information

  • The call for presentations and posters is now closed. 
  • Register for the SPCP conference by June 30 and save! 
  • Make your room reservations.  The special conference room rate is available through August 24 or until all available rooms are reserved. 
  • Buy your banquet tickets now this our annual event; this year we will be participating in a a dinner cruise!

Recent Conferences

Conference in Austin, Texas.  The 42nd meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology, September 25 through September 28 was a tremendous success!   Conference Program  More information

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

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

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

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

The 2013 Asian Conference on Criminal and Operations Psychology (ACCOP) was a tremendous success.  More Information  

The Society for Police and Criminal Psychology is an international organization that welcomes as members all professionals and students interested in our field.

 

 New Guidelines

Education and Training Guidelines for the Specialty of Police and Public Safety Psychology have been published in Traning and Education in Professional Psychology.  These guidelines were developed by the Council of Organizations in Police Psychology (COPP).  SPCP is a member of COPP.   More information

Announcements

The International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology is searching for the next Editor of Criminal Justice and Behavior.  Send requests for information and applications to Cherie Townsend (executivedirectoriacfp@gmail.com) no later than August 10.

Investigative Psychology: Applications for Law Enforcement will be the focus of presentations by Professor David Canter & Dr. Donna Youngs at the International Academy of Investigative Psychology meeting, July 18, at Birbeck University, London.  More information

The Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Conference will take place August 15-18 at the Disneyland Resort Hotel in Anaheim, CA.  More Information

Behavioral Threat Assessment & Threat Management Training will be presented by SIGMA Threat Management Associates on August 18 in Reno, NV.  More information

The Seismic Change in Police Investigations. A major player in law enforcement says it will no longer use a method linked to false confessions.  More information

Safeguarding Officer Mental Health Before and After Mass Casualty Events.  This publication, published by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and distributed by the US Department of Justice, can be a valuable resource. Free download available.  More information

If you, or someone you know, has been the recipient of an SPCP Award (e.g., Shaffer, Hatcher, Kimbrough, Gupton, or Mullins), please forward the pertinent information to Dr. James Herndon, who is attempting to reconstruct, update, and verify all such awards given to date.  Provide year of award, name of award, name of recipient(s), and title of presentation or poster.  Send to DrJHerndon@aol.com

Many position openings for license-eligible Forensic Psychologists are now available in the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. Search for the keyword "Forensic Psychologist" in Team Georgia Careers.

The WAVR-21 is now available.  This is an instrument for assessing risk of violence in the workplace by Drs. Stephen White and Reid Meloy.  More information

 

 

 

 

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