USD Conversations: What Is “Defunding the Police"?

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Join the University of San Diego weekly for "USD Conversations" where faculty, alumni and friends share their insights around current events and timely themes. This event is free and all are welcome to join the conversation.

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Cid Martinez, PhD, associate professor of sociology and a community partner from Pillars of The Community will define "defunding the police." They will provide a history of community activism and policing policies as well as background information on police reform and the current Defund movement and how it relates to the Abolition movement.

Cid Martinez is an associate professor in the Sociology Department where he teaches courses in criminology, juvenile delinquency, deviance, social theory and urban sociology. Dr. Martinez’s current research is an ethnographic study that examines the relationship between urban poverty, policing and gun violence in California. His newest book manuscript, tentatively entitled Cops and Clergy: Legitimacy, Trust and Violence Reduction, builds on previous research by exploring how perceived legitimacy of local clergy can be leveraged by law enforcement to reduce violence.