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Anti-black violence exists against the backdrop of the political and cultural dehumanization of Black people. How did this happen and where do we go from here?
The way this genre represents police is just the tip of the iceberg.
The massive increase in internet-connected devices will create an informal surveillance network that could be used to target protestors and activists.
The issues facing Black Americans are not confined to only racial discrimination. Gender plays a part too.
Proposals in NSW to force someone who spits at or bites a frontline worker to be tested for HIV and other blood-borne viruses are a real problem - for workers and the public.
For many Americans, law and order has long been as much a private matter as something for the government to handle.
Eyewitness testimony can hold a lot of weight with jurors. But eyewitnesses aren’t always right, and poor investigative practices can make matters worse.
Race, class and national identity mean that views within the American Muslim community vary when it comes to such hot-button issues as policing, protests and discrimination.
A decadeslong process of recruiting a more diverse police force has led to more peaceful communities and widespread, bipartisan trust in policing in Northern Ireland.
Television shows about police often perpetuate false narratives about violent crime that excuse police violence.
Scholars who study policing explain what they have found that could help reduce police prejudice and violence.
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.
Police departments have suggested using contact tracing approaches to track protesters, raising concerns about data and privacy.
When it comes to making law enforcement professionals less likely to resort to use of force, higher education goes a long way, research shows.
What place do police officers have in UK schools?
The use of body cameras by police forces raises questions about surveillance, privacy and regulation.
Across the United States, police are shielded from both public and departmental accountability by multiple layers of contractual and legislative protections.
Young men make up the majority of black people killed by police in the US. That’s fed a perception that black women are somehow shielded from the threat of police violence. They aren’t.
Police forces across the country now have access to surveillance technologies that were recently available only to national intelligence services. The digitization of bias and abuse of power followed.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Senior lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
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Associate professor, Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
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Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Emmanuel College
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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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 Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Director, Universities' Police Science Institute, Cardiff University
