Redwood Curtain CopWatch, based in the north coast of California, is part of a larger movement of self organized CopWatch groups throughout the US. Our local efforts seek to intervene in the drastic rise of the presence, militarization, and violence of the police, and build support networks based on self-determination, caring, and concrete needs.
Family Members Needed for Study About Cop Related Deaths
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 7:18pm
This message was sent out on March 31,2010 from Project Censored at contact@mediafreedominternational.org
Family Members Needed for Study on Law Enforcement Related Deaths
The Investigative Sociology project at Sonoma State University (SSU) and Media Freedom Foundation are conducting a study on the commonalities of law enforcement related deaths in the United States.
We are seeking to conduct telephone interviews with individuals in families of people who have died in a law enforcement related incident within the past twenty years.
Students from the spring 2010 SSU Investigative Sociology class will be conducting confidential one-hour interviews with family members in April. The purpose of the study is to evaluate support programs for families who have experienced such a tragedy, and the lowering of the overall number of law enforcement related deaths. SSU professors supervising the study include: Peter Phillips, Sociology Department, Tryon Woods and Diana Grant in the Criminal Justice Department.
To arrange a confidential interview or refer a family contact-call or e-mail, Dr. Peter Phillips: peter.phillips@sonoma.edu 707-664-2588
