Can training cut bias among probation, parole officers?

Mental illness can affect when someone on probation or parole gets out from under government supervision. Can anti-bias trainings for officers help?

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
Sept. 2, 2022 ~5 min

Anti-racial profiling messages may build support for traffic cameras

Drivers are more open to automated enforcement via traffic cameras when advocates highlight their role in reducing racial profiling, a new study finds.

Megan Schumann-Rutgers • futurity
July 12, 2022 ~5 min


For mental crises, send a pro not the police?

A pilot program in Denver indicates that sending mental health specialists instead of police for certain 911 calls can pay off.

Stanford • futurity
June 9, 2022 ~11 min

Disbanding police dept. doesn’t raise crime level

Disbanding city police departments appears to have no effect on overall crime rates and leads to fewer police-related deaths, a study shows.

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
June 2, 2022 ~4 min

Two years after George Floyd’s murder, what’s changed?

It’s been two years since Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd during a police stop. What has changed—and what still needs to be done? Two law professors weigh in.

Sharon Driscoll-Stanford • futurity
May 26, 2022 ~11 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

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


Fear links 2020’s crises and booming gun business

The US gun business boomed in 2020, potentially a symptom of deep fear during cascading crises. A new book looks at both gun politics and law enforcement.

Lori Harwood-Arizona • futurity
March 18, 2021 ~9 min

Fear links 2020’s crises and booming gun business

The US gun business boomed in 2020, potentially a symptom of deep fear during cascading crises. A new book looks at both gun politics and law enforcement.

Lori Harwood-Arizona • futurity
March 18, 2021 ~9 min

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