Months of bipartisan talks in Congress aimed at reaching consensus over policing reforms have ended with no agreement. Two policing scholars argue that federal efforts are better placed focusing on supporting local measures.
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A documentary series aimed to spark national conversation about criminalising coercive control. However, it highlighted power imbalances in conversations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous women.
How does pretrial publicity affect jury verdicts? What kind of verdicts are made when the jury is racially diverse? An expert on juries answers questions raised in the wake of the Chauvin verdicts.
In the aftermath of Adam Toledo’s death, police and a prosecutor framed the incident as a confrontation with an armed male holding a gun. Should reporters have been so quick to accept that version?
Bias-motivated attacks became a distinct crime in the 1980s. But police investigate only a fraction of the roughly 200,000 hate crimes reported each year – and even fewer ever make it to court.
Racism was an early hallmark of the New Jersey State Police, and remains challenging for police agencies in the 21st century.
The FBI has long warned that white supremacist groups are seeking to infiltrate police, which makes the events of Jan. 6 all the more concerning.
The insurrection at the Capitol was unprecedented. So too was the coverage, according to a scholar who monitors how media reports on protests
New research on Wisconsin’s changing demographics suggests that racial integration and political polarization were a combustible combination in Kenosha, where violence erupted in August.
Waterloo Region District School Board’s suspension of the Student Resource Officer program is one step toward ending racism in schools but much more still needs to be done.
Representation alone cannot fix racism. But when deployed appropriately, it can provide reassurance and support to communities of colour.
Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Opinions about demonstrations are formed in large part by what people read or see in the media. This gives journalists a lot of power when it comes to driving the narrative.
Diversity among officers lags behind the general population. But is police culture a greater problem when it comes to combating excessive force?
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized for his city’s ‘stop-and-frisk’ police strategy. Two criminologists argue it isn’t necessarily inherently racist – though New York’s program was.
Muslims make up 9% of France’s population and half of all its prisoners – many convicted on drug charges. But social justice isn’t part of the country’s growing debate on legalization.
Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Crime data reflect only what crimes are identified by the police – not all the crimes that occur. So decisions based on crime data are necessarily biased and incompletely informed.
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John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity, and Equality, University of Minnesota
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Assistant Professor of Justice Studies and Sociology, Norwich University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and Policy, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Michigan State University
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Ph.D. Student in Communications, Columbia University
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Professor of Criminology, Head of the School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Clinical Instructor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, St. Edward's University
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History Faculty, Bard Early College Baltimore
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
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Professor and Associate Director, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
