As many people in the U.S. feel outraged about the killings of Black Americans by local police, protesters across the country are calling for reforms of our law enforcement systems. Proposals for ...

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 ...

In the 1990s the notion of Community Policing became popular for local government. It was a method for police departments to prevent crime by operating based on four principles: 1. Police-community ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tacoma police released new data revealing violent crime is trending down due to its evidence-based policing strategy, however, ...

MADISON (WKOW) – Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes has been nationally recognized for his efforts in using research and data in policing. Barnes was formally inducted into the Evidence-Based Policing ...

The last two decades have been fraught for the policing profession, with police facing internal and external challenges to their public safety and legitimacy mandates. Much more research, analysis, ...

In an effort to improve law enforcement and the relationships between police and the communities they serve, the University of Mississippi is launching a new graduate certificate program in ...

This inter-disciplinary event brings together criminologists and political scientists from the Global South and North to answer what actually works to improve policing not only in the West but also in ...

The U.S. Department of State, through its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), provides foreign assistance and supports capacity building for criminal justice systems ...

N. Zoe Hilton receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. She is an author of the ODARA, an IPV risk assessment tool. Sandy Jung receives funding from the Social ...