Tag: police
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High-speed Mobile Networks and Police Repression during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Nigeria
Purpose: Government repression against civilians while enforcing restrictive policies related to COVID-19 was widely reported in Africa. At the same time, many have claimed that high-speed mobile data and social media provide an accountability mechanism that may constrain police abuses. This study focused on Nigeria to examine (1) the effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on police…
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Worried Sick: Perceptions of Low Public Support, Stress, and Somatic Health Problems in Law Enforcement
Recent surveys suggest that confidence in police reached its lowest level on record in the wake of controversial police custody deaths and associated protests in recent years. Meanwhile, research has found links between perceptions of low public support for police and a variety of negative outcomes among police officers, including stress and withdrawal. The consequences…
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Is it possible to find a balance between reducing unnecessary traffic stops and ensuring public safety through traffic enforcement?
American roads have become deadlier than before the pandemic, and many are attributing this to a decrease in policing after the George Floyd protests of 2020. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the fatality rate, which is deaths per million miles traveled, is about 18% higher than in 2019. In contrast, other Western…
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Is more money the solution to the police staffing crisis?
Police departments across the United States are experiencing chronic understaffing as a result of retirements, resignations, and a reduction in hires. Some people have suggested that solving the police staffing crisis, especially in urban areas, requires more spending. But the United States already spends more money than other nations, with worse outcomes.
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‘Vicious cycle’: Inside the police recruiting crunch with resignations on the rise
Police departments across the country are facing a “vicious cycle” of retirements, resignations, and fewer hires… Full story: ‘Vicious cycle’: Inside the police recruiting crunch with resignations on the rise
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NC Officer Health, Fitness, and Wellness
At the direction of the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the N.C. Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission, and in a joint effort with partners at the North Carolina Justice Academy, researchers from Appalachian State University conducted a study aimed at understanding what benefit, if any, there would be to requiring…
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Demonstrations, Demoralization, and De-policing
Research SummaryThis study examined relationships between public antipathy toward the police, demoralization, and de-policing using pooled time-series cross sections of 18,413 surveys from law enforcement officers in 87 U.S. agencies both before and after Ferguson and contemporaneous demonstrations. The results do not provide strong support for Ferguson Effects. Post-Ferguson changes to job satisfaction, burnout, and…
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Feeling Blue: Officer Perceptions of Public Antipathy Predict Police Occupational Norms
Is police culture influenced by public opinion?