Teaching Police that Black Lives Matter
Black officers on how police and black communities can get along
Read MoreAuthor: Akwasi Owusu-Bempah
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah (@AOBempah) is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. He received his PhD in criminology and sociolegal studies from the University of Toronto, where his dissertation research was funded by a fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. This article draws on material from his PhD thesis. Owusu-Bempah's current research focuses primarily on the intersections of race, crime, and criminal justice. He is currently completing a project that examines policing across Canada, the United States, and Great Britain.