{"id":73587,"date":"2018-01-23T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=73587"},"modified":"2018-01-23T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:46:03","slug":"criminal-justice-students-provide-gifts-children-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/criminal-justice-students-provide-gifts-children-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Justice Students Provide Gifts to Children in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oxford Police Department officers Rachel Ratcliffe (left) and Joshua Shipp (right), a recent graduate and student, respectively, in the criminal justice master\u2019s program at UM, used money collected through the Alpha Phi Sigma criminal justice honor society to help the McGlown family (center) buy presents for Christmas.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 While most Oxford residents were shopping for friends and family over the holiday season, students from the Alpha Phi Sigma criminal justice honor society at the University of Mississippi<\/a> made sure local needy families had plenty of presents under their trees.<\/p>\n

Alpha Phi Sigma adopted two families from the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree and sponsored a Shop with a Cop event for six additional families.<\/p>\n

“Our Alpha Phi Sigma chapter partnered with the Salvation Army and Oxford Police Department on a crime prevention community service project to address the financial and emotional stress that fuels hopelessness and frustration within families living in poverty in Oxford,” said Linda Keena, the university’s interim chair of legal studies.<\/p>\n

“Shop with a Cop provided a fun-filled day for a number of children in need while creating positive relationships with law enforcement. This promising December shopping experience assisted needy youth and helped foster a trusting relationship between the youth and cops.”<\/p>\n