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Stopping someone against their will can be false imprisonment or even kidnapping. There are laws that determine who is acting as a hero and who is acting as a vigilante.
The very low public trust in the Ghanaian police suggests a crisis of legitimacy.
Police may not have been justified in making arrests over breach of the peace and public order.
Suggesting jail or prison is appealing because it is tangible and the process is familiar, but we must ask what is a better, effective and safe way to de-escalate potentially violent situations.
A recent Labor Department memo urges agencies to avoid releasing press releases accusing companies of violating laws, to protect the companies’ reputations. People are denied the same protections.
Whether or not someone is eventually convicted, an arrest alone is enough to significantly impair a Black man’s job and earning prospects.
As a former NZ Police sergeant, I know firsthand how police fatalities shape one’s behaviour. The recent shooting of two officers in Auckland cuts to the heart of NZ’s trust-based policing policies.
Laws enabling citizens to apprehend suspects, which date back to medieval England, were historically used in the US to suppress slave revolts.
With officers being hit by illness, arrests have dropped during the coronavirus crisis. Meanwhile crime rates have remained static, or even fallen. Is it time to rethink policing?
Harvey Weinstein’s conviction isn’t the norm for perpetrators of sexual violence.
State governments are leading the charge against opioid makers over their role in the epidemic. A team of researchers at Penn State examined just how much the crisis has cost them.
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Cambridge
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Managing Director of the Criminal Justice Research Center, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University - Newark
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Senior Lecturer in Police Studies, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Public Policy, University of Southern California
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Senior Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Human Development, Family Studies and Public Policy, Penn State
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Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Professor of Public Health Sciences and Psychiatry, Penn State
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Law Student at the University of South Carolina School of Law, Research Assistant for the Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Emmanuel College
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Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State