Jacqueline B. Helfgott, PhD

I appreciated the opportunity to speak with @lorenaoneil for this @RollingStone article out today on copycat crime and digital culture. An important and timely discussion of online influence and media-mediated violence. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur… @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ

The 2025 Public Safety Survey results are now available. Thank you to everyone who participated. Join the upcoming SPD MCPP Community-Police Dialogues beginning with the East Precinct. The dialogues will dig deeper into precinct- and neighborhood-level concerns across the city. Zoom | Mondays May–Aug | 5:30–7:30pm Survey Results: publicsafetysurvey.org/the-seattle-pu… MCPP Community-Police Dialogue Sign Up: publicsafetysurvey.org/mcpp-community… @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @SPD_MCPP @SeattlePD @SeattlePF

Next week! Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center annual continuing education event Creating Social Change through Dialogue and Prison Education May 8 I 9-5pm I Zoom Lori Pompa + Formerly incarcerated Inside-Out coaches Open to all. Free to attend (suggested donation $25) Spots are limited. Register: seattleu.edu/crime-and-just… @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @InsideOutPrExPr

Tonight! The Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center presents the Concrete Mama Podcast. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to meet the podcast crew in person and learn the story behind the podcast. @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @WACorrections

Reminder upcoming SU Crime & Justice Research Center Events: Monday, April 27, 2026, 11:30-2pm STN 130 - SU-PERR Luncheon with keynote by Fr Thomas Curran, Coordinator of the Jesuit Prison Education Network and discussion about the Seattle University Prison Education for Rehabilitation and Reentry (SU-PERR) initiative. Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 6-8pm Wyckoff Auditorium – The Making of the Concrete Mama: An Unincarcerated Podcast. Friday, May 8th, 2026, 9am-5pm Zoom – Creating Social Change through Dialogue and Prison Education features Lori Pompa, Executive Director of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program with interactive sessions with formerly incarcerated Inside-Out coaches. @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @InsideOutPrExPr

We met the challenge—thank you to all who supported to the Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center. 8K+ raised! Final 30 minutes. This is it. 👉 seattleugives.seattleu.edu/campaigns/crim… Let’s finish strong. #SeattleUGives #CriminalJustice @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ

Only 7 hours left! We need 14 more gifts to unlock a challenge for Seattle U's Crime & Justice Research Center. Your gift powers collaborative applied research, continuing education, and community initiatives. Be the difference that gets us across the finish like - let's turn research into action! seattleugives.seattleu.edu/campaigns/crim… @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ

Today is Seattle U Gives Day-The Crime & Justice Research Center is part of a giving challenge, which means every donation helps unlock additional funding and multiplies. Your gift will support crime and justice research, continuing education, and Seattle University mission aligned initiatives. 👉 Support the Center: seattleugives.seattleu.edu/campaigns/crim… #SeattleUGives #CriminalJustice #EvidenceBased #PublicSafety @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ

My Seattle University Red Talk is now live: “How Prison Education Restores Justice: Repairing Harm, Connecting Communities, and Dissolving ‘Us’ and ‘Them’” ▶️ Full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=egwzwg… ▶️ Short video: youtube.com/watch?v=NsujUo… This work continues in a series of upcoming events. All are welcome. Seattle University Prison Education for Rehabilitation and Reentry (SU-PERR) – faculty information sessions - Final Info Session April 20 via Zoom: seattleu.zoom.us/j/98872190602 Jesuit Prison Education Network (JPEN) Keynote & Luncheon – April 27 11:30am-2pm - Seattle University Student Center 130 “Concrete Mama” Podcast Event – April 28 6-8pm - Seattle University Wyckoff Auditorium Continuing Education Program: Creating Social Change through Dialogue and Prison Education (Virtual) – May 8 - Register: seattleu.edu/crime-and-just… @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ

2025 Seattle Public Safety Survey results are now available. See how people across Seattle experience safety in their neighborhoods: publicsafetysurvey.org/the-seattle-pu… Join the MCPP Community-Police Dialogues (May–Aug, Mondays 5:30–7:30 PM): publicsafetysurvey.org/mcpp-community… @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @SeattlePD @SeattlePF @SPD_MCPP

Just a month out from the Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center annual continuing education event May 8th 9am-5pm. Space is limited. Register now to get your spot! seattleu.edu/crime-and-just… @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @InsideOutPrExPr

New documentary examines the Redmond, WA murders of podcaster Zohreh Sadeghi & Mohammed Milad Naseri. I was interviewed on how digital culture can foster pseudo-intimacy and attachment discussed in my book Copycat Crime (bloomsbury.com/us/copycat-cri…). A a call for all of us to consider what can be done to prevent it from happening again. @SUNewsroom @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @filmrisetv #HashtagHomicide

Participate in the Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center annual Continuing Education Event featuring Lori Pompa (Inside-Out Center) + interactive sessions with formerly incarcerated coaches. Limited to 75—register early: seattleu.edu/crime-and-just… #InsideOut #PrisonEducation @SUNewsroom @SeattleUCJ @seattleu

Seattle University Crime & Justice Research Center Presents Concrete Mama: The Podcast April 28, 2026 I Wyckoff Auditorium I 6-8pm unincarcerated.org/concrete-mama @seattleu @SeattleUCJ @SeattleULaw @seattleu_alumni @SUNewsroom @WACorrections

We are holding our second SU-PERR info session today at 1pm! Join to help make this happen! @seattleu @SeattleULaw @SUNewsroom @SeattleUCJ @seattleu_alumni

Interested in teaching in prison and/or learn about a new prison education initiative? Join an upcoming SU-PERR information session. @seattleu @SeattleUCJ

In honor of World Pangolin Day the SU Crime & Justice Research Center held a Wildlife and Animal Trafficking Research-a-thon. Special thanks to guest speakers Chief Bear and his staff from the @WDFW, @MarysvillWAPD Crime Analyst Emily Dorscher, and @RTI_Intl Dr. Will Parkin. Kudos to the @SeattleUCJ students and faculty who spent their Saturday conducting research, hearing from guest speakers, playing trivia, listening to a wildlife playlist, and winning pangolin prizes to study wildlife and animal trafficking. We all learned so much today. Save the Pangolins! @seattleu @SUNewsroom