UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A recent conference by the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State brought researchers into the Ethics of Policing to Penn State.

Franklin Zimring, from the University of California, Berkley, studies police use of lethal force in the United States. Vesla Weaver from Johns Hopkins University studies how contact with the criminal justice system affects political engagement. Michael Walzer from the Institute for Advanced Study studies the differences between police and soldiers.

They were interviewed on WPSU’s Take Note.