A Special Report to run on the Channel 15 (WMTV) 6 p.m. news on Thursday, May 15, 2008, will feature University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Michael Scott and his students in the seminar "Selected Problems in Policing." The students and Scott were interviewed in April by reporter Zach Schultz.
The segment is part of a series on issues of homeless people in Madison. This year Scott has structured the seminar so that the entire class is studying a range of issues and problems that police and prosecutors confront in connection with homeless and/or street people.
The specific problems studied in the class, each by a different student, were:
· danger of homeless/street people to self (exposure, substance abuse, neglect, health) (in Madison)
· panhandling (in downtown Madison)
· criminal victimization of homeless/street people (in Madison)
· criminal victimization of homeless/street people (in Green Bay)
· mental illness among homeless/street people (in Madison)
· awareness of and access to social services for homeless/street people (in Madison)
· alcohol abuse among homeless/street people (in Madison)
· monitoring the whereabouts of homeless sex offenders (in Dane County)
· chronic nuisance homeless person (in Oak Creek)
· homeless shelter management (in Green Bay)
· misuse of public facilities (Capitol, public library, Brittingham Park shelter in Madison)
· orientation of social services to long-term vs. short-term services for homeless/street people (in Madison)
· population profile of homeless/street people (in Madison)
Four of the students will carry on their work this summer as Gary Hayes Police-Prosecution interns:
Elizabeth Constable (Green Bay Police Department/Brown County D.A.’s Office)
Erik Nelson (Oak Creek Police Department/Milwaukee County D.A.’s Office)
Ryan Farrell (Madison/UW/Capitol Police Departments/Dane County D.A.’s Office)
Chad Wozniak (Madison/UW/Capitol Police Departments/Dane County D.A.’s Office)
Submitted by on May 13, 2008
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