The issue is not whether cities should use technology for public safety, but how those technologies are chosen, evaluated and governed.
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Police departments vary widely in how they use ‘scoop and run’ – and whether they use it just for colleagues who’ve been shot or for members of the public too.
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
New research on ShotSpotter’s deployment in Detroit suggests the technology did not reduce officer response times.
Guns are what make violent partners so dangerous. And in the US, Black women get less protection from laws meant to keep firearms out of abusers’ hands.
Human therapists have a legal duty to warn authorities and potential targets when patients say they plan to harm someone. The same can – in theory – be required of AI chatbots .
Most states have some sort of requirement for a minimum number of lockdown drills a year, but there is no set federal guidance.
Women are at highest risk of being hurt or killed after separating from a potentially violent partner, but interventions such as taking away the former partner’s firearms can protect them.
Evolving views about parental gun ownership and liability will likely have ramifications in custody battles.
A neighborhood coalition identified risk factors for youth violence and prevention strategies.
The $4 billion school security industry can’t back up claims for its tech. The silver lining: That’s partly because there aren’t enough shootings to study.
Prevention methods like lockdown drills do not account for many scenarios, including the likely case that a school shooter is a former or current student.
Ahmed al Ahmed’s actions almost certainly saved lives, but does bystander intervention go against official advice during mass violence events?
Lethal domestic violence is persistent, despite a statewide decline in overall homicides.
Evidence shows that 20 years on, Florida’s stand your ground law hasn’t made communities in the state any safer.
People spend less on groceries, restaurants and public activities for months after a fatal school shooting − costing communities millions.
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
Generations already suffering a shattered sense of safety from US gun violence do not see the military as a viable option, a terrorism scholar argues.
Just one unlocked firearm may undo the protective effect of securing all other firearms in the home.
A death row inmate in South Carolina chose firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair.
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice and Creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, University of Central Florida
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Dean and Robert A Knox Professor, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University