Prospective teachers appear more likely to misperceive Black children as angry than white children, which may undermine the education of Black youth, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2020
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Police reform is on the national agenda in response to the choking death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in late May—and many other such incidents before and since. Police Training Institute director Michael ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 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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The images in the media have been strong and often disturbing in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police. We process them through our biases, both conscious and unconscious. That's the domain of ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2020
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Being a parent and a police officer is a dangerous mix, or so crime dramas continuously tell us. In particular danger, it seems, are the children of these fictional police officers, who are either neglected by their parents ...
Social Sciences
May 21, 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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Public support for increased police powers relies heavily on trust and legitimacy, according to a new study by UCL and the London School of Economics (LSE).
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2020
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African-Americans are at greater risk of being killed by police, even though they are less likely to pose an objective threat to law enforcement, according to new data-driven research by Northeastern professor Matt Miller. ...
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2020
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Social distancing orders in place across the U.S. have added to the long list of low-level offenses that police are charged with enforcing as a routine part of their job.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2020
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Italy's efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease has led to a decrease of boat traffic in Venice's famous waterways—as captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Environment
Apr 15, 2020
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