Dr. Richard M. Hough, Sr. 

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With more than thirty-five years as an administrator, educator, trainer, consultant, and author, Dr. Richard Hough offers consulting and litigation support services in: use of force, law enforcement/police practices, bias-based policing, jail practices, juvenile justice and detention practices, and private security issues. Dr. Hough has extensive deposition and trial experience and is frequently consulted by the media.

Dr. Hough's  experience has come in increasingly responsible positions within criminal justice organizations. Dr. Hough has extensive experience in writing and reviewing policies and procedures and teaches graduate courses in policy analysis and development. Dr. Hough also has more than 35 years experience teaching criminal justice, private security, and public sector management courses at the college and university levels, police and corrections academies, in-service training, and seminars.

Dr. Richard Hough has provided consultation and training on a wide variety of topics for law enforcement, juvenile detention, jails, corrections, and non-profit agencies.  In addition, he has served as an expert witness in use of force, police practices, juvenile detention, corrections management, and security practices cases for plaintiffs and defendants.

Dr. Hough is in the minority of career criminal justice professionals who have worked extensively in the field and at high levels, and who have a strong educational, research, and teaching background to augment his professional work experiences.  Dr. Hough was honored by the British Society of Criminology by being named an International Ambassador. Dr. Hough is a US Fulbright Specialist and was named the 2019 alternate candidate for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the United Kingdom.

Dr. Hough is proud to be a member of the Calibre Press team of columnists, serve as a research consultant to the training company, and invited as reviewer and instructor resource collaborator of the book Street Survival II.

If you are in need of the expertise of a criminal justice professional who has in-depth policy and practitioner experience, please contact Dr. Hough to discuss your specific case needs.