Michael Scott
Clinical Associate Professor of Law
E-mail: mscott@wisc.edu
Office: 975 Bascom Mall
Education:
J.D., Harvard Law School
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching Areas:
Law & Society
Research Interests:
Policing
Biography
Michael S. Scott is a clinical associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, specializing in research and teaching in policing, and the director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. Scott was formerly chief of police in Lauderhill, Fla.; served in various civilian administrative positions in the St. Louis Metropolitan; Ft. Pierce, Fla., and New York City police departments; and was a police officer in the Madison, Wis., Police Department. He was a Senior Researcher at the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) in Washington, D.C. Scott was the 1996 recipient of the PERF's Gary P. Hayes Award for leadership in improving police service. He is the author of several publications, including Problem-Oriented Policing: Reflections on the First 20 Years, several of the Problem-Oriented Guides for Police, Managing for Success: A Police Chief's Survival Guide, and co-author of Deadly Force: What We Know. A Practitioner's Desk Reference to Police-Involved Shootings in the United States.
