When police forces grow, homicides drop and low-level arrests increase
What happens when a city increases the size of its police force?
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Police reporting can undermine domestic violence victims, language analysis shows
As police officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced for the murder of Sarah Everard, North Yorkshire Police Commissioner Philip Allott said women "need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested." ...
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2021
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Community resources are imperative for young sexual minority men with stressful police exposures
More gay, bisexual, and transgender Black men, also known as sexual minority Black men, are victims of policing stop-and-frisk policies than their Hispanic and white counterparts, according to a new Rutgers study.
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2021
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Police enforcement of New York City COVID-19 mandates reveals racial inequities by zip code
New York City ZIP codes with a higher percentage of Black residents had significantly higher rates of COVID-19-specific criminal court summonses and public health and nuisance arrests in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2021
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Uncovering racial disparities in nonfatal police shootings
An analysis of data from four U.S. states suggests that Black people may be more likely than white people to be nonfatally shot and injured by police in these states, and these disparities are greater than seen for fatal ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2021
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Positive impact for police officers equipped with mobile devices
The introduction of mobile devices for Police Scotland's frontline officers has had a huge impact on safety, wellbeing and public confidence, according to a study involving Abertay University.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2021
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Study: Adolescents' experiences with police have harmful repercussions for later life outcomes
The criminal justice system has changed dramatically in the past half century and with these changes has come a greater potential for adolescents to encounter police. A new study examined how adolescents' experiences with ...
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2021
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Facial recognition, cameras and other tools police use raise questions about accountability
Facial recognition, body cameras and other digital technologies are increasingly used by police departments, municipalities and even gated communities, but these tools manufactured by private companies raise the specter of ...
Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2021
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Black Americans are most likely to experience fatal police violence
More than 55% of deaths from police violence in the USA from 1980-2018 were misclassified or unreported in official vital statistics reports according to a new study in The Lancet. The highest rate of deaths from police violence ...
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2021
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The real causes of 'missing white woman syndrome'
Reporters looking for insight and research around the phenomena of "missing white woman syndrome," please see comments from Syracuse University professor of communications Carol Liebler of the Newhouse School.
Political science
Sep 28, 2021
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