Special Interest Groups Overview

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS The purposes of the Deflection and Diversion Special Interest Group will act as a network of individuals who have knowledge, experience or interest in the field of deflection and diversion. This includes deflection from arrest, police diversion, prosecutorial diversion, and diversion from both criminal and civil court proceedings. [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS Bringing together mental health promotion, prevention interventions throughout the prevention continuum model as well as evidence-based treatment interventions and disability management for First Responders Mental Health. Education, research and interventions shared are at both organizational and worker levels, including strategies and interventions (organizational and individual levels) at primary, [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS This special interest group (SIG) will focus on the intersection of illicit trade and public health. Communities worldwide face escalating harms from the illicit trade of psychoactive substances which fuels exposure to unsafe products, violence, exploitation, and widens health inequities. This SIG will investigate the root causes of [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS Race, ethnicity, disability status, mental health, chronic disease and illness, gender, sex and sexuality issues, religious identity, refugee status and age all coalesce to create unique and often unfavourable outcomes for those who are vulnerable and often have multiple vulnerable identities within formalized institutions. This Special Interest Group invites [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS The Law Enforcement and Harm Reduction Special Interest Group is a way of connecting people involved in HIV prevention, particularly those working in law enforcement and public health. It aims to help build sustainable global and local partnerships to work more effectively with vulnerable groups, such as people [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS GLEPHA’s Mental Health Special Interest Group (SIG) aims to:  1) Improve the outcomes of law enforcement interactions with people who may be experiencing a mental health crisis or distress in the community; and  2) Align health care and social resources to reduce the role of law enforcement in [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS The LEPH Special Interest Group on Education aims to promote multidisciplinary education, training and scholarship in areas that are relevant to the field, either from conceptual or practical perspectives. The SIG Education activities revolve mainly around: 1) the dissemination of academic or practical resources to students, scholars and [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS This group aims to connect professionals and academics to advocate for the recognition of, and support for, people with neurodiversities in law enforcement settings. We are interested in how to effectively identify and respond to neurodiversities in justice settings, and what the key intervention points should be, so as [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS The COVID-19 pandemic has created a range of unforeseen and unprecedented challenges for police departments around the world. The Policing and Pandemics Special Interest Group has been implemented to provide a platform of information and an opportunity for collaboation amongst law enforcement officers, academics and public health practitioners.  [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS Exploring the Public Health Role of Road Policing in Reducing Harm on Our Roads The Special Interest Group on Policing for Road Safety provides an interdisciplinary forum for academics, practitioners, and policy professionals to advance understanding of road policing and its role in reducing harm on our roads. [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS The newly-formed Prosecutors and Elected Officials (PEO) Special Interest Group (SIG) aims to bring together prosecutors, elected officials, and other criminal justice policy experts from across the globe who are interested in advancing connections and collaborations to forge and promote public health responses to issues often criminalized or [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS Raising awareness of the prevalence of childhood trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult trauma in offender, victim, community and law enforcement cohorts. This group aims to improve the outcomes for agencies and professionals dealing with community members who have suffered trauma but particularly law enforcement, crime victims, [...]

PURPOSE AND AIMS KEY RESOURCES SIG MEMBERS The Violence Prevention Special Interest Group seeks to provide an interdisciplinary space where professionals and academics across the globe can come together to discuss issues, exchange knowledge, and develop practice in the field of violence prevention. By sharing and discussing best practice at the local, national, and international [...]