Co-offenders likely to violently turn on one another, UK crime gang study shows

Researchers use over a decade of data from Thames Valley Police to reveal “mechanisms” that generate and sustain violence within networks of organised crime.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 12, 2022 ~6 min

Just Stop Oil: how mediation between climate activists and police could help with escalating protests

Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion have vowed to strike at the fossil fuel industry.

Mike Makin-Waite, ISRF Associated Academic, Independent Social Research Foundation • conversation
April 6, 2022 ~8 min


As climate protests escalate, here's how mediation between activists and police could help

Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion have vowed to strike at the fossil fuel industry.

Mike Makin-Waite, ISRF Associated Academic, Independent Social Research Foundation • conversation
April 6, 2022 ~8 min

Community policing in the Global South

Professor Fotini Christia is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.

Stephanie M. McPherson | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • mit
Nov. 29, 2021 ~7 min

Police killings of civilians in the US have been undercounted by more than half in official statistics

Research found that police officers killed more than 30,000 people from 1980 to 2018 – 17,000 more than official federal data suggests.

Fablina Sharara, Researcher at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington • conversation
Oct. 5, 2021 ~5 min

Depression spiked for Black Americans after George Floyd’s murder

As the nation mourned the death of George Floyd, more Black Americans than white Americans felt angry or sad, evidence of the racial disparities of grief.

Melissa De Witte-Stanford • futurity
Sept. 21, 2021 ~9 min

The aching red: Firefighters often silently suffer from trauma and job-related stress

Firefighters are hailed as heroes and pillars of strength, bravery and courage. But the daily stressors and traumas of their jobs take a heavy emotional toll that largely goes unnoticed by the public.

Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University • conversation
Aug. 13, 2021 ~10 min

Domestic violence 911 calls increased during lockdown, but official police reports and arrests declined

A change in how witnesses, victims and authorities respond to domestic violence reports paired with limited social services placed victims in a vulnerable position during the pandemic.

Jillian B. Carr, Assistant Professor of Economics, Purdue University • conversation
July 27, 2021 ~7 min


Bodycam video cuts racial bias in police misconduct investigations

"Police bodycams—when they're turned on—even the playing field by introducing objective evidence into the investigation of complaints..."

Jennifer Rainey Marquez-Georgia State • futurity
July 22, 2021 ~5 min

What do police actions do to community health?

Because law enforcement interacts with a large number of people, "policing may be a conspicuous yet not-well understood driver of population health."

Jake Ellison-U. Washington • futurity
July 13, 2021 ~5 min

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