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Police in Tulsa, Okla., march toward a crowd of demonstrators on June 20, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

June 24, 2020

Teach police nonviolence, scholars say, and how to work with local residents

Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona; James J. Nolan, West Virginia University; Jessica Maves Braithwaite, University of Arizona, and Kirssa Cline Ryckman, University of Arizona

Scholars who study policing explain what they have found that could help reduce police prejudice and violence.

Hate crimes increased in many major cities in 2016 and 2017. Christopher Penler/shutterstock

June 26, 2018

New data shows US hate crimes continued to rise in 2017

Brian Levin, California State University, San Bernardino; James J. Nolan, West Virginia University, and John David Reitzel, California State University, San Bernardino

In 38 US cities, hate crimes rose 12 percent in 2017. There were 1,038 hate crimes in the nation’s 10 largest cities – the most in more than a decade.

A rally outside Baltimore City Hall, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

September 2, 2016

How American policing fails neighborhoods – and cops

James J. Nolan, West Virginia University

Violent cops are just playing by the rules American society has created for them. It’s time to change the rules.

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