Welcome a new member to LC. John F. Lopez is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Criminal Justice at St. Edward’s University. He's a graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and University of Texas School of Law. www.stedwards.edu/directory/cr... www.linkedin.com/in/johnflope...

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Vanessa Jesenia Gutiérrez is the Fall 2026 Latina/o/x Criminology Scholar Spotlight “Policing the pandemic in rural America: experiences from Pennsylvania” Policing: An International Journal (2024) doi.org/10.1177/1557...

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Very interesting. Also, I note my usual point, which is that the police raid the wrong houses so enthusiastically and so often there's a substantial body of cases on this problem.

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Told my students yesterday that they couldn't bring any electronics to the midterm -- no phones, no smart watches, "no Meta pervert glasses" -- and I'm delighted to say the last one got a nice laugh.

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I appreciated this @npr.org Code Switch episode for addressing a question that's been nagging at me since I learned of the Clancy case: Why was she allowed/encouraged to become her kids' full-time caregiver after being hospitalized and despite ongoing signs of distress? www.npr.org/2026/09/29/n...

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