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Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.
The diagnosis of excited delirium has come under fire from doctors and other mental health professionals, but is still used by police forces, sometimes with tragic results. It’s time to end its use.
Almost 56 years to the day after the anti-war protests in 1968, New York City police evicted Columbia University students from an on-campus occupation.
An expert on the Columbia University protests of 1968 draws parallels between protests then and the ones taking place there in 2024.
While most colleges and universities have their own police units, some schools, like Columbia University, have only private security − and then can call in outside police when they feel it is needed.
Even if you disagree with their concerns or their tactics, students should not be penalized for thinking critically about world events and trying to bring about positive social change.
Legal psychology researchers are investigating how police treat drunken suspects, how impaired people behave when questioned, and how juries consider their statements.
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service is a police-like body which is not subject to police oversight. This must change.
The UK lacks a comprehensive system for recording hateful graffiti and imagery, something which researchers argue must change.
The type of life and professional experience a police chief has can influence how their departments react to protests, new research finds.
The debut novels of two forceful, intelligent journalists are bold, brash stories of powerful women at the top of their game. One details a horrific sexual crime, the other ugliness in the art world.
The death of O.J. Simpson rekindled memories of the racial divisions of his domestic violence case involving the murder of his former wife and her friend.
It’s easy to assume the latest opposition to NSW police taking part in the annual festival is a response to recent events. Really, it’s the result of a long, painful history.
Evidence from NYC shows that stop-and-frisk policing leads to greater mistrust of police and more racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
Police use of surveillance technologies — like security cameras and artificial intelligence — is becoming more widespread. Measures are needed to protect people’s privacy and avoid misidentification.
Stopping someone against their will can be false imprisonment or even kidnapping. There are laws that determine who is acting as a hero and who is acting as a vigilante.
What do coroner’s inquests do, what don’t they do, and why are they often dominated by police perspectives rather than the community’s or the victim’s?
The food theft crisis is framed as a threat to paying customers. This furthers the divide between those who can still afford groceries and those who cannot.
The Casey review found the Met’s firearms teams had the worst behaviour.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Senior lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Health Psychology, Adler University
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Associate professor, Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
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Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology, Emmanuel College
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Excellence in Policing & Public Safety Program, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Director, Universities' Police Science Institute, Cardiff University
