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The UK government is granting sweeping powers to officers to search people without reasonable suspicion they’ve committed a crime.
A year after historic protests for police reform, it’s clear that the Toronto Police aren’t sincere about changing how they treat historically over-policed and criminalized communities.
A change in how witnesses, victims and authorities respond to domestic violence reports paired with limited social services placed victims in a vulnerable position during the pandemic.
Existing racism and implicit bias in Canadian media downplayed the terrorist attack by a white accused while exaggerating and staying silent on the reasons behind a hit-and-run by Muslim teens.
Despite growing public criticism over how much counties, cities and towns spend on policing, many are increasing officer pay.
The classic cop show is now a problematic genre, but if it can change, then perhaps real world policing can too.
A defendant who is not a Native American claimed tribal police had no power over him, even on tribal land. The Supreme Court disagreed.
Ghanians fear that the country’s security services still bear the hallmarks of bad old practices.
Attacks on police officers and their stations can damage police legitimacy in Nigeria
The murky blobs visible with today’s wall-penetrating radar could soon give way to detailed images of people and things on the other side of a wall – and even measure people’s breathing and heart rate.
Police body cameras have the potential to make private details about people’s lives, including some of the most stressful experiences of their lives, public and easily accessible online
A key component in any planning around encampments is the voice of people with lived experience. It is clear the go-to response of policing is not working.
Sheriffs in less populated counties got bigger boosts from military surplus than sheriffs in more populated counties.
Governments seem deeply committed to body-worn cameras for police, and there is a strong argument for them in providing evidence. But there needs to be more effective regulation of their use.
Residents of Nairobi’s informal settlements use names as a way of voicing the issues that they struggle with every day.
Police are sworn to protect the public, but cadets are still trained for battle – not public service – according to a new study examining all 50 US state police academy curricula.
Not so dramatic and a hell of a lot more methodical, the business of weeding out corruption in the British Police force is quite different to that in Line of Duty.
Years of research show that Indigenous, Black and racialized people experience over-policing but also, under-policing, as was the case with the RCMP investigation into Colten Boushie’s death in 2016.
The trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd reveals a broken system of policing. The guilty verdicts should be a starting point for fundamental and meaningful change.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
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Program Director & Associate Professor Master of Psychology Health and Wellness & Master of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Adler University
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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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 Journalism, Michigan State University
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Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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