This story was written by Jody Sundt, Sara Johnson, and Leslie Wells and was originally published in Perspectives, the Journal of the American Probation and Parole Association. A movement is gaining momentum to shift the culture of corrections, including how probation officers manage offenders in the community (Taxman & Belenko, 2012). Rather than solely focusing… Read more »
SPEA alumna Tasha Phelps spent more than two decades building her information technology company from the ground up. A business degree helped lay the foundation for Phelco Technologies but as its focus shifted from the private sector to contracts with law enforcement and state government agencies, Phelps knew her business degree alone would not be… Read more »
At just 5 years old, Jason Baker had already met his hero. Every day he watched that hero keep people safe. His hero didn’t clock out at 5 p.m., didn’t take holidays off, and didn’t hang up his cape. His hero was his father, Jerry Baker. A former police officer at IUPUI and O’Neill IUPUI… Read more »
