A new study has explored the complex patterns which lead to an intimate partner homicide (IPH), in an effort to better understand and prevent the tragic event happening.
Social Sciences
May 1, 2024
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Editor's note: This article contains content around violence and racism that may be upsetting for some readers.
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2024
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One in three police homicides could have been avoided without endangering police or the public, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. Eight percent of all homicides of adult men in the United States are committed ...
Political science
Feb 21, 2024
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A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions analyzing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data for 2021 reveals another record year for firearm fatalities.
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2023
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Police in the U.S. deal with more diverse, distressed and aggrieved populations and are involved in more incidents involving firearms, but they average only five months of classroom training—the briefest among 18 countries ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2022
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De-prosecution, a discretionary decision not to prosecute certain criminal offenses regardless of the evidence, has become an increasingly popular criminal justice strategy in the United States. A new study examined whether ...
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2022
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In 2017, there were nearly 40,000 gun-related deaths in the United States, including homicides and suicides. To delve into this alarming statistic, U.S.-trained Université de Montréal economist Karim Chalak and his coauthors ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2022
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The new National Officer-Involved Homicide Database (NOIHD), developed by the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) and available to researchers and the public, is providing fresh insight regarding fatal ...
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2022
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What happens when a city increases the size of its police force?
Other
Nov 24, 2021
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Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2021
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