He is in his 14th year of service to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Criminal Justice, Anthropology, and Forensic Studies. Dr. Richards’ maintains an active research agenda that focuses primarily on crime prevention in schools and mental illness among criminal justice practitioners. He has published in several peer-reviewed and popular publications, among these being Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, and The American School Board Journal.