New research on police departments across the country reveals a significant link between the use of fatal force and college education – the more educated are less likely to use it.
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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.
We need to clarify the role of the police, to promote a more justice-oriented style of police leadership and to put in place long-term mechanisms of accountability to support and sustain change.
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.
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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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Assistant Professor, Director of the Division of Public Administration, Tarleton State University
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Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour, Athabasca University
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Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
