It’s been awhile! I’ve started sharing criminal justice content over on IG. Check it out if you’re so inclined! @ padillaincontext #policing #criminaljustice

It’s been awhile! I’ve started sharing criminal justice content over on IG. Check it out if you’re so inclined! @ padillaincontext #policing #criminaljustice

Trying to foster connections between emerging, early career, and senior policing scholars! Open to all fields — please share and let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/GwDMiAc

Super excited to have been elected Secretary/ Treasurer of the newly established @amersoccriminology.bsky.social Division of Qualitative Research. I can't wait to serve the Division and help further qualitative research in criminology. 🥳

Well that’s a fun little milestone! Cheers to 400 citations 🎉🥂

Today is #NationalLawEnforcementSuicideAwarenessDay I wrote this dedication for my dissertation in 2021. In the 4 years since, another 500 officers have died by suicide. It is for these individuals - these mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, friends - that I do this work. (1/)

'Leveraging research for health insurance coverage of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: insights from #policy makers, patients and practitioners' by Ariana Albanese et al. From our latest issue, 21.3: doi.org/10.1332/1744...

When daycare works, it's LIFECHANGING. When the little germs pass every low-risk but ridiculously contagious & annoying disease from one to another & I have to work from home without childcare unexpectedly, it makes me want to yeet myself into traffic.

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One of yesterday’s class DQs: What should be the top priority for departments wanting to retain officers? Students said: 💰 Pay 🩺 Benefits 🧠 Mental health support 👮‍♂️ Strong leadership 📈 Career development What else should be on the list? #policing #crimjustice

Just approved the next issue for publication — and it’s a special issue. Congrats @kepadil.bsky.social Ian Adams

June 2023, going to a standing room only, metal concert at Emo’s while 3 months pregnant

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2. Show me a picture of you from June in a different year. What year was it ?

Picking out books like a kid in a candy store.

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Now that I’ve got my base website launched, I need to beef it up! Add my speaking engagements (podcasts/webinars), & I want to add to it with blogging/substacks, short form videos with educational content, maybe the basis of a pending book. 👀👏🏼 www.kathleenpadillaphd.com

Not presenting but man I’m excited to be in Tucson for ASEBP Wednesday! Let’s talk officer wellness, AI, & equity 🥳👏🏼

Took the leap and created a professional website! Take a look, be kind, and let me know how I can improve it! 🥂✨ www.kathleenpadillaphd.com

Hurtful, but fair.

Took the leap and created a professional website! Take a look, be kind, and let me know how I can improve it! 🥂✨ www.kathleenpadillaphd.com

#APB Spotlight Day 10! Law enforcement suicide is a national crisis. Research by @danslawrence.bsky.social, Jessica Dockstader, & @kepadil.bsky.social breaks down 977 officer deaths by suicide in the U.S. (2016–2022) and shows where, and among whom, the risk is highest. 🧵(1/4)

✨E L E V E N✨ YEARS AGO I took my NNSU undergraduate graduation photos. What a wild ride it’s been. 🥳🥂

Having my research be included in a report like PERF about a topic I've devoted my career to is an absolute dream. Thank you Police Executive Research Forum for sharing the work done by @danslawrence.bsky.social Jessica Dockstader, CWP and I! www.policeforum.org/trending29ma...

New psychiatrist: have you ever engaged in any self-harm behaviors? Me: other than getting a PhD? *finger gun & chuckle* Psychiatrist: … Me: 😬 Psychiatrist: so let’s talk medications. Me: 😶

Yesterday was #EqualPayDay and for every $1 white men make: Asian women: 94 cents White women: 80 cents Black women: 66 cents Native and Latina women: 58 cents Women get paid less, but across racial lines the pay is even LOWER. This is #TheDoubleTax. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734115...

NEW study examining suicidal ideation among law enforcement officers. The big (not surprising) takeaway: improving mental health and responses to PTSD are critical aspects to preventing suicide among this population. More details in thread and links at the end.

Working on getting my own website going and dabbling in the idea of sharing some policing-related short content on a platform like YouTube. 🤔

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Had quite the lovely chat with Scott Phillips on his new practitioner-oriented podcast @policeinservice.bsky.social about some of my work on police officer & personnel mental health, wellness, & dept services! Take a listen & please reach out with questions! ✨ www.buzzsprout.com/2413505/epis...

The Cutest Valentine 💕

If there’s one thing to know about working with me, it’s that I will never hold you in a meeting longer than absolutely necessary. I don’t want to be there either.

✨NOW ONLINE: A mixed-methods study on how personal & professional support (especially w/ families) impacts women’s org commitment in policing. Spoiler: More support = more commitment S/O to ASEBP AC/DC for making this possible! Limited free access: bit.ly/4h2dmXO

‼️ New research out with @danslawrence.bsky.social & Jessica Dockstader of CNA We examined suicide rates among LEOs using data collected by First H.E.L.P. & discuss the importance of accurate data collection on the topic Limited free access here: bit.ly/3Eflgyp

Unveiling the silent battle: suicide rates among law enforcement personnel

Accurately calculating suicide rates among law enforcement officers has been a longstanding challenge. Since 2016, the nonprofit organization First H.E.L.P. has implemented a standardized and rigor...

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NEW study examining suicide rates among sworn law enforcement officers from 2016 to 2022, disaggregated by year, sex, and geographic region and division. Links to article at end.