New research shows police specialising in family violence are concerned current approaches leave victim-survivors unprotected.
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(The Conversation Canada)
Analysis of 111 calls suggests most responses to calls from people in mental health distress could be led by social service providers without the need for police.
The Michigan State Police force is predominantly white and male.
Doug Coombe
Prior encounters with police didn’t negatively affect student views of campus police, but perceptions varied among students from different ethnic and racial groups and LGBTQ+ students.
Members of the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) at the scene of a homicide investigation in Hamilton, Ont., May 2023. The unit is charged with investigating potential misconduct by Ontario police officers.
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Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.
Many police officers are instructed to look for signs of excited delirium when encountering members of the public who may seem distressed.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
The diagnosis of excited delirium has come under fire from doctors and other mental health professionals, but is still used by police forces, sometimes with tragic results. It’s time to end its use.
Members of the New York Police Department load arrested protesters from Columbia University onto a bus on April 30, 2024.
(AP Photo/Julius Motal)
Almost 56 years to the day after the anti-war protests in 1968, New York City police evicted Columbia University students from an on-campus occupation.
The police have regularly been called in to squelch student protests over the past century.
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While most colleges and universities have their own police units, some schools, like Columbia University, have only private security − and then can call in outside police when they feel it is needed.
Ohio National Guard soldiers move in on anti-war protesters at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, in May 1970. Four students were killed and nine wounded when National Guardsmen opened fire on the protesters.
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Even if you disagree with their concerns or their tactics, students should not be penalized for thinking critically about world events and trying to bring about positive social change.
In the U.S., if you waive your Miranda rights, you’ll be interrogated – whether you’re drunk or sober.
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Legal psychology researchers are investigating how police treat drunken suspects, how impaired people behave when questioned, and how juries consider their statements.
A sign warning of a bear in the area is shown in Squamish, B.C. in November 2022.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amy Smart
The debut novels of two forceful, intelligent journalists are bold, brash stories of powerful women at the top of their game. One details a horrific sexual crime, the other ugliness in the art world.
O.J. Simpson listens to testimony during his 1995 trial, in which he was acquitted of murder charges.
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The death of O.J. Simpson rekindled memories of the racial divisions of his domestic violence case involving the murder of his former wife and her friend.