Graduate Research scholar 

Background on the Policing Project 

The Policing Project is at the forefront of a new approach to addressing the harms of policing. We believe in “front-end accountability” — that there must be public voice and democratic sign off before police act, rather than simply when something goes wrong. The goal is achieving public safety that is equitable, non-discriminatory, and respectful of public values. We pursue this mission by drafting and promoting legislation to regulate policing, and by litigating where these principles are not respected. Our work addresses both street policing and the growing use by police of surveillance technologies and artificial intelligence. Because sending armed officers to deal with a raft of social problems satisfies no one, we also are working hard to reimagine public safety from the ground up, relying on non-police alternative first responders.  

Project

We are conducting a scoping review and survey of alternative response programs across the country, and are looking to expand our team! This project seeks to understand how these programs operate and their outcomes.

Desired Experience & Qualifications 

  • PhD or advanced Masters students with interests in reimagining public safety, policing, and/or alternative response programs. Students may be from criminology/criminal justice, public health, epidemiology, public policy, social work, psychology, or other training programs

  • Quantitative background

  • Experience or interest in being trained in conducting scoping reviews

  • Experience in manuscript writing 

Job Description & Responsibilities 

  • Scoping review tasks (training, screening literature, data extraction, working with Covidence)

  • Project management

  • Survey design and dissemination

  • Data management and analysis 

  • Manuscript preparation 

Application Instructions 

To apply, please send cover letter, CV, and writing sample to Dr. Therese Todd at tlt290@nyu.edu by February 6. 

The Graduate Research Scholar will be compensated at a rate of $30/hour. Opportunity for involvement for 1 year, for 10 - 20 hours/week (with more weekly hours anticipated in the first year of the project)

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