7/23/24 – medicalxpress.com In 2020, the United States saw the largest one-year increase in homicides since 1960. In a new study, researchers examined disparities in race and ethnicity for deaths by firearm homicides from 2018 to 2022, before, during, and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. They found that deaths by firearm homicide were […]
7/23/24 – eurekalert.org In 2020, the United States saw the largest one-year increase in homicides since 1960. In a new study, researchers examined disparities in race and ethnicity for deaths by firearm homicides from 2018 to 2022, before, during, and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. They found that deaths by firearm homicide were […]
7/23/24 – phys.org How do female police officers, who are often excluded from the traditional masculine occupational culture of policing, feel about their working environment and how the public perceives them? A new study has used survey data from officers in a large, urban police department to test for gender differences in two aspects of […]
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Studies of Incarcerated Women, Perinatal Women Yield Insights that Can Inform Treatment Exposure to trauma is associated with many negative outcomes, especially for at-risk populations like incarcerated women and perinatal women. The Trauma History Questionnaire (THQ) is a common measure of exposure to trauma, but no published studies have validated the instrument with these two […]
Policing is a profession that features shift work and long hours, both of which can lead to insufficient sleep and fatigue. Because of the unique demands of the job, fatigue raises risks related to decision making, impulse control, driving, and other aspects of work. In a new study, researchers tested the effect of a fatigue-management […]
7/5/24 – govtech.com A study that looked at the results of an online learning fatigue management system on Seattle Police Department employees found that PTSD symptoms, as well as rates of depression and anxiety, were reduced by the training.
6/28/24 – thehill.com Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has placed himself at the center of the fiercely partisan debate over gun control with his declaration this week that firearm violence in the U.S. is a public health crisis.
6/28/24 – stateline.org Criminologists caution that the story may be different in individual cities and neighborhoods.
6/21/24 – medicalxpress.com Policing is a profession that features shift work and long hours, both of which can lead to insufficient sleep and fatigue. Because of the unique demands of the job, fatigue raises risks related to decision making, impulse control, driving, and other aspects of work.