Police and YOUth

Everette B. Penn, Ph.D. is the Director of the Teen And Police Service Academy and Professor of Criminology at the University of Houston–Clear Lake. This "academic-practitioner" applies theory to practice through programming, research, teaching and training to reduce the social distance between the most at-risk/at-promise youth and police in the United States and abroad. He is the author of over 75 scholarly works, a former Volunteer In Service to America (VISTA), Fulbright Scholar and U.S. Army Officer. He is a certified Master Police Trainer, and the recipient of dozens of awards from governmental agencies, academic and civic organizations. More about Dr. Penn and TAPS Academy can be found at: www.tapsacademy.org. Shannon A. Davenport, ABD, is a doctoral candidate of Juvenile Justice at Prairie View A&M University. Her research interest includes police and youth relations, police legitimacy, emotional regulation, and at-risk youth. Combining research, teaching, and service, she volunteers with the Teen And Police Service Academy collecting and analyzing data. She is the author of several publications on topics including the "Me Too Movement" and "Social Distance Between Minority Youth and Police."

Introduction; 1. The World Is Very Different Now 2012-2017; 2. American Policing: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; 3. Youth Is Never Wasted on the Young; 4. Responding to the Need: The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing; 5. Teen And Police Service (TAPS) Academy; 6. Policing by TOTALS; 7. The Community Safety Education Act of Texas; 8. Future: Building the Field of Study for Youth and Policing; 9. Resources to Reduce the Social Distance between Police and YOUth; References