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Riot police in Buenos Aires, Argentina. AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano

July 17, 2017

Why police reforms rarely succeed: Lessons from Latin America

Yanilda González, University of Chicago

Research shows how politics can easily halt reforms that require time to take effect.

How does bad data affect predictive policing algorithms? Photosani/shutterstock.com

May 10, 2017

Why big-data analysis of police activity is inherently biased

William Isaac, Michigan State University and Andi Dixon, Columbia University

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.

Rio’s new mayor, a former evangelical bishop, has called homosexuality a sin, but Rio is proud of its tolerance and diversity. Sergio Moraes/Reuters

November 7, 2016

Rio de Janeiro’s new evangelical mayor could threaten the city’s famed diversity

Julita Lemgruber, Universidade Candido Mendes and Leonarda Musumeci, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Famously freewheeling -- but also violent and unequal -- Rio de Janeiro has elected a right-wing former pentecostal bishop as mayor. What's at stake for this 'gay, black and tolerant' Brazilian city?

Protests rock the streets of Charlotte. EPA/Veasey Conway

September 30, 2016

Policing, race and guns: a criminologist reports from Charlotte, North Carolina

David Baker, Coventry University

The shooting of yet another black American by police in North Carolina ignited a tinderbox of deep anger and resentment.

A still image captured from a video from the Tulsa Police Department shows Terence Crutcher with his hands in the air. Tulsa Police Department Handout via REUTERS

September 23, 2016

How the Jim Crow internet is pushing back against Black Lives Matter

Nicholas D. Mirzoeff, New York University

A scholar of visual culture sees a transition happening online as the alt-right reinterprets images of police shootings to push back against the gains made by Black Lives Matter.

A rally outside Baltimore City Hall, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

September 2, 2016

How American policing fails neighborhoods – and cops

James J. Nolan, West Virginia University

Violent cops are just playing by the rules American society has created for them. It's time to change the rules.

Chicago Police Department officers walk down Michigan Avenue during a protest of last year’s shooting death of Laquan McDonald. REUTERS/Jim Young

February 17, 2016

Chicago police shooting data may reveal new ways to reduce deaths and racial disparity

Nirej Sekhon, Georgia State University

Reform of police departments must include a reexamination of why cops and civilians come in contact so frequently in the first place.

Will Ed’s crime policies lead him on the path to the premiership? PA

May 6, 2015

Manifesto Check: Labour crime policies offer few surprises

Roger Hopkins Burke, Nottingham Trent University

Labour's crime manifesto goes communitarian, despite them not branding it that way.

March 23, 2015

The key to real change in the Middle East: police reform

Mieczyslaw P Boduszynski, Pomona College

The Arab Spring began with a protest against police brutality. The dreams of those who took to the streets 4 years ago will not be realized until police forces change.

Top contributors

Mieczyslaw P Boduszynski
Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College
Roger Hopkins Burke
Principal Lecturer in Criminology, Nottingham Trent University
Nicholas D. Mirzoeff
Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
Nirej Sekhon
Assistant Professor of Law, Georgia State University
David Baker
Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Coventry University
James J. Nolan
Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Julita Lemgruber
Coordinator, Center for Studies on Public Security and Citizenship (CESeC), Universidade Candido Mendes
Leonarda Musumeci
Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
William Isaac
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Michigan State University
Andi Dixon
Ph.D. Student in Communications, Columbia University
Yanilda González
Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago