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Shea Cronin

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Boston University

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    Dr. Cronin’s dissertation research examined political explanations of neighborhood-level arrest rates in an urban police agency. Cronin’s research interests include the administration of criminal justice, communities and crime, policing, and issues of democratic accountability. His research has been published in Crime and Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, and other academic journals. He teaches in the graduate and undergraduate criminal justice programs at MET, including courses in criminology, criminal justice, policing, communities and crime, and analytic methods. Before his appointment at Boston University, Cronin taught at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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    Despite drop in crime, some neighborhoods still feel besieged

    July 6, 2017

    Boston Globe quoting Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College “In the South End, 52-year-old John Chambers is as comfortable walking through Villa Victoria, a housing project once plagued by gang violence, as he is at Flour, a neighborhood bakery serving brioche au chocolat and croissants…” Expert quote: ““I think [police] can always continue to expand on the […]

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    Little change on race in Boston police stops

    April 26, 2017

    Associated Press Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College The rate at which minorities are subjected to stops, searches and frisks by police doesn’t appear to be improving in Boston in the year since the department claimed it was narrowing racial disparities in their tactics… Expert quote: “But Shea Cronin, a criminal justice professor at Boston University, who is […]

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    ‘Reasonable suspicion’ defined: Black men who run from police can’t be assumed guilty

    September 23, 2016

    Christian Science Monitor Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College Massachusetts’s highest court ruled that black men who flee voluntary encounters with police shouldn’t be looked at with greater suspicion than those who comply with consensual stops, as they may have a legitimate reason based in fear to do so… Expert quote: “The courts seem to be consistently […]

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    In Dallas’s wake, fear among local officers

    July 10, 2016

    Boston Globe (subscription required) Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College Eating lunch in uniform at his favorite spot on Friday, Chelsea police Officer Sammy Mojica sat facing the door… Expert quote: “This is an incredibly challenging time in law enforcement. Relationships with communities of color have been frayed for a long time. Law enforcement has always operated […]

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    AP Finds Boston Police Inflate Progress on Searches, Frisks

    March 7, 2016

    Associated Press Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College Boston police say they’re narrowing the gap between how often black residents are subjected to stops, searches and frisks as compared with whites and other ethnic groups… Expert quote: “The percentages speak for themselves. It’s gone down a little and it seems to be moving in the right direction, […]

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    Auditors: What are Dracut police not doing if they are filling traffic-stop quotas

    November 17, 2015

    Lowell Sun Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College Among the many points of concern brought to light in the recently completed audit of the Dracut Police Department are allegations that the police administration set a quota of two traffic stops each day for officers. Expert quote: “There’s often some form of de facto quota system in many […]

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    Shift In Cambridge Policing Stems From 2009 Arrest Of Henry Louis Gates

    November 9, 2015

    WGBH News Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College As Officer Mike Daniliuk heads towards the basketball court at the Frisoli Youth Center, he greets several black teens with a friendly handclasp-turned-shoulder bump… Expert quote: “There’s been studies that have shown that when law enforcement officers engage in procedurally just practice, people are more likely to obey the […]

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    Essex Sheriff’s Dept. first in Mass. to wear body cameras

    April 29, 2015

    WHDH Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College The video taken from the body camera of an Essex County Sheriff’s officer is raw and real… Expert quote: “The reason why body cameras have received such attention and why they seem like such an easy fix is because it’s a piece of technology. Everybody knows how to use it. […]

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    What can Brockton’s next mayor do to improve public safety?

    September 15, 2013

    Brockton Enterprise Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College The last month of the preliminary mayoral campaign saw an 18 percent spike in violent crime, including three murders – two within a 14-hour window – that has thrust public safety to the fore in a heated four-way mayoral contest… Expert quote: “If there’s an outcry from residents for […]

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    Home invasions on the increase in Brockton

    December 1, 2012

    Enterprise News Shea Cronin, Metropolitan College It’s a homeowner’s worst fear… View article

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