Analysis: Divisive diagnosis from George Floyd case exploits racial stereotypes

"Excited delirium" perpetuates racial stereotypes and justifies police brutality. A new study bolsters efforts to discredit it.

Keila DePape-McGill • futurity
April 22, 2024 ~4 min

Police on patrol spend more time in Black, Hispanic neighborhoods

Police officers on patrol spend more time in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods, a new study shows.

George Vlahakis-Indiana • futurity
Oct. 24, 2023 ~5 min


Send police for mental health crises? Views are mixed

New research gauges how people in structural disadvantaged communities feel about police responding to mental health crises.

Ed Federico-U. Pennsylvania • futurity
Oct. 13, 2023 ~4 min

Post-overdose outreach programs have ‘police paradox’

Programs aimed to reduce the risk of repeat overdoses among people who use drugs have a "police paradox," research shows.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Aug. 23, 2023 ~7 min

Military police don’t keep people safe in Colombia

There's little evidence that military policing in Colombia improves public safety, research finds.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
June 20, 2023 ~8 min

Tired detectives struggle to focus on cases

Law enforcement investigators and detectives who are tired have a harder time collecting information that could bring justice to victims.

Rachel Cramer-Iowa State • futurity
May 11, 2023 ~7 min

Model may get first responders to car accidents faster

Researchers have created a new model to get first responders like police and EMTs to the scene of traffic accidents faster.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
May 8, 2023 ~5 min

Bias trainings for police don’t change behavior

"Our findings suggest that diversity training as it is currently practiced is unlikely to change police behavior."

Gerry Everding-WUSTL • futurity
Feb. 8, 2023 ~6 min


Police Facebook pages overreport Black suspects

Researchers examined close to 100,000 crime-related posts from 14,000 police Facebook pages to find disproportionate sharing of Black suspects.

Stanford • futurity
Nov. 17, 2022 ~6 min

Changes in education requirements for cops could save lives

Mandating at least an associate degree for entry-level officers could lower the number of Black people killed by police by up to three times.

Noelle Toumey Reetz-Georgia State • futurity
Oct. 11, 2022 ~11 min

/

5