Tag: Police
To stop police shootings of people with mental health disabilities, I...
Jennifer Sarrett, Emory University
After Shukri Ali Said left her house during a mental health crisis on April 23, 2018, her sister called 911 for...
Want to reform America’s police? Look to firefighters
Roscoe Scarborough, College of Coastal Georgia
Freddie Gray. Eric Garner. Michael Brown.
The deaths of black youth and men at the hands of police have sparked...
Could a national buyback program reduce gun violence in America?
Lacey Wallace, Pennsylvania State University
Americans own nearly half of the world’s guns, with approximately 120 firearms for every 100 U.S. residents.
Gun control policies may...
How dogs help keep multiracial neighborhoods socially segregated
Sarah Mayorga-Gallo, University of Massachusetts Boston
Cities in the United States are getting less segregated and, according to a recent national survey, most Americans value...
Rap music and threats of violence: A case for the Supreme...
Clay Calvert, University of Florida
Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize last year and Eminem set a record in 2019 for streams on Spotify. But...
College-educated cops enforce the law more aggressively
Richard Wright, Georgia State University; Richard Rosenfeld, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Thaddeus L. Johnson, Georgia State University
In the wake of controversial and widely...
When race triggers a call to campus police
Brian N. Williams, University of Virginia; Andrea M. Headley, University of California, Berkeley, and Megan LePere-Schloop, The Ohio State University
On a beautiful spring afternoon...
What makes American society so violent? 4 essential reads
Emily Costello, The Conversation
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EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
