Police officers often respond to incidents that do not involve crime or immediate threats to public safety but instead deal with community members facing unmet mental health needs. In response to this, many cities are experimenting ...
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2023
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Sexual exploitation of children abroad: the Dutch government calls on its citizens to not look away from "suspicious situations" while turning a blind eye to the root causes of the problem.
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley has announced that the London police force is to attend fewer mental health emergencies. As part of an approach called Right Care, Right Person, police officers will only respond ...
Political science
Jun 21, 2023
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The COVID public health emergency is over, but work from home definitely isn't: Forty-one percent of U.S. employees who can work remotely choose to do so at least part of the week.
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2023
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In the wake of the beating death of Tyre Nichols earlier this month, some experts have questioned whether police officers are even needed in responding to routine traffic stops.
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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Teachers experienced significantly more anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic than health care, office, and other workers, according to new research released today. Those teaching remotely reported substantially higher rates ...
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2022
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As U.S. cities rethink the role of law enforcement in nonviolent 911 emergencies, new Stanford research uncovers the strongest evidence yet that dispatching mental health professionals instead of police officers in some instances ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2022
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Sufficient physical activity is vital to staying healthy. But for office workers whose job means spending most of the day at their desks, staying active is difficult. Researchers in Japan shed light on how office workers ...
Economics & Business
Feb 24, 2022
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Britain braced for record-breaking temperatures Friday as forecasters warned the public to take additional care in the heat.
Environment
Aug 7, 2020
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The global condemnation of the death of George Floyd, one of the latest in a constellation of officer-involved deaths of unarmed civilians, has grown into a worldwide social movement for disbanding or defunding police.
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2020
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