Ermus St. Louis

Ermus St. Louis is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice within the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University. He holds a PhD in Criminology, Law and Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago (2022).

• Education:
  • PhD, 2022, Criminology, Law and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago

His research focuses on police and technology, police-community relations, and surveillance, employing quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. A key theme in his work is analyzing officer attitudes toward body-worn cameras (BWCs), supported by a U.S. Department of Justice-funded evaluation of the Chicago Police Department’s BWC program.

Recent publications highlight intersections of technological frames, procedural justice, and police accountability, with a 2024 study exploring nuanced officer perspectives on BWCs in Chicago. His scholarship also critically engages with racial justice in policing history, as seen in his 2019 review of Taylor’s work on police brutality in New York City.