Evidence-Based Policing Can Help Ensure Practices Are Rooted in Research Since the 2020 murder by Minneapolis police of George Floyd brought nationwide calls for change amid concerns that prevailing practices were not grounded in evidence and created harm, policing has been in turmoil. Implementation science (IS) involves integrating effective and evidence-based innovations into routine practice […]
Research has documented the many ways individuals’ environments (e.g., community, neighborhood) affect their health. In a new study on gun ownership, researchers surveyed young African American men who lived in high-crime, high-violence cities to better understand their perception of their environment and its impact on community violence. Respondents described their cities negatively, with few opportunities […]
10/28/24 – The Trace More than two-thirds of those surveyed described their home cities with negative terms, like “violent,” “dangerous,” or “crazy,” citing personal safety as their primary reason for possessing guns.
10/17/24 – newsweek.com After a news conference with nearly two dozen family members and lawyers, Erik Menendez’s wife publicly expressed her husband’s gratitude, speaking out on his behalf on social media.
10/9/24 – Washington Post Officers at the Jan. 6 riot, and a D.C. lieutenant supporting the Proud Boys, led council to call for audit of D.C. police.
10/8/24 – police1.com The latest class to graduate produced seven officers from the 25 cadets who enrolled.
10/8/24 – officer.com Only seven officers graduated from a class of 25 cadets last month at the New Orleans police academy, and it shows why agency staffing remains static despite millions in bonuses.
10/6/24 – The Times-Picayune
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9/29/24 – Correio Braziliense O Correio publica neste domingo e no próximo (6/10) reportagens sobre os impactos das experiências negativas nos pequenos e suas consequências na vida adulta, aumentando o risco de pelo menos 20 doenças. As mulheres são mais afetadas