A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on "excited delirium," a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police.
Political science
Oct 13, 2023
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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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Police are trying to find out who has been setting illegal animal traps, which recently caught and injured foxes in the Boston-area.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2023
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Since 2009, Montréal has seen a proliferation of what are known as "mixed squads," which generally involve a police officer working alongside a social worker or health worker to respond to situations in public spaces.
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2023
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A pair of civil rights researchers with the University of California has found evidence suggesting that ceasing one practice that violated citizen rights in Chicago may have led to the initiation of another. In their paper ...
Allowing eyewitnesses to dynamically explore digital faces using a new interactive procedure can significantly improve identification accuracy compared to the video lineup and photo array procedures used by police worldwide, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 2, 2023
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When unarmed black Briton Chris Kaba was killed by a single shot from a London Metropolitan police officer in September 2022, his family and communities of color demanded answers. A year later, they have the beginnings of ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2023
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It is well documented that women who are sexually assaulted, or raped, rarely report the crime to the police. The US charity, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, has shown that 1 in 6 women in the US has been the ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2023
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Research led by Katrin Hohl, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at City, University of London with Abigail-Kate Reid, Research Assistant, and Sarah Molisso and Merili Pullerits, Ph.D. candidates at City, shows ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2023
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Americans don't talk much about peace. But it turns out they care about it a lot—they just don't talk about it the way people who have experienced war or civil conflict do.
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2023
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