This week, the USC Safe Communities Institute announced the pilot rollout of the Law Enforcement Work Inquiry System Registry, the first comprehensive national catalog of police officers who have been terminated or resigned ...
Social Sciences
May 28, 2021
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Adverse encounters between police officers and young men from underrepresented backgrounds garner significant national attention around topics of social justice and have been called a matter of public health by several organizations. ...
Social Sciences
May 26, 2021
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The white paper, published today by REPHRAIN, the National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online in collaboration with the Dutch National Police, offers a solution to big data problems ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2021
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For Black youth, an encounter with police by eighth grade predicts they will be arrested by young adulthood—but the same is not true for white youth, a new University of Washington study finds.
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2020
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On Oct. 15, Toronto police announced that they had finally solved the 1984 murder of Christine Jessop using DNA evidence and genetic genealogy websites. Identifying Calvin Hoover as Jessop's killer has provided immense relief ...
Political science
Oct 23, 2020
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Anew USC report that combines Los Angeles community members' feedback with public safety data on arrests, stops by police and calls for service finds evidence of overpolicing of L.A. communities of color as well as an uptick ...
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2020
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The use of tear gas—particularly CS gas—as a riot control agent, cannot be reconciled with respect for fundamental human rights and should therefore be banned entirely in international law, the University of Toronto's ...
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2020
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As hemp-based products experience heightened popularity among consumers, leading forensic scientists collaborate to solve a growing problem for law enforcement, hemp farmers, private citizens and overburdened national labs.
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 20, 2020
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Systemic changes may be needed to improve the relationship between police detectives and the families and friends of murder victims, according to a Georgia State University study.
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2020
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Washington State legalized cannabis sales to adults in 2012, the first U.S. state to do so. Yet little is known about how police, who are on the front lines of implementing the law, experience legalization. A new study evaluated ...
Social Sciences
May 7, 2020
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