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Rule of Law
Particularly since the end of the Cold War, the rule of law has increasingly been recognized as an important aspect of international conflict resolution and post-conflict peace building. Similarly, the absence of the rule of law is often implicated as a source of violence, human rights violations, and intractability.
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Suzanne Ghais: Bridging the Police Community Divide
Long-time conflict resolution practioner and scholar Suzanne Ghais reflects on the dangerous escalation between police and their communities.
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Ways to Advance Equal Justice in America
This article suggests steps BLM activists might take at the local, state, and national level in addition to protests to obtain justice.
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Racial Profiling
Julian Portilla interviewed Jay Rothman about his work in Cincinatti, Ohio to improve police-community relations after a number of police racial profliling incidents.
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Assuring Fair and Effective Law Enforcement
Efforts to assure that law enforcement officers faithfully protect and serve the citizenry require a complex array of programs designed to provide effective oversight while also building positive police/community relationships.
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Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Officials at all levels are charged with preventing citizens from defying the law. Without the remedies that their efforts provide, our legal rights could easily be violated by anyone willing and able to resort to violence and intimidation.
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De-Wedging Police Violence in the United States
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The culture of Punishment: A Critical Approach
The May 2023 Issue of Peace in Progress, the magazine of the International Catalan Institute for Peace has ten articles about the downsides of punishment and constructive, restorative alternatives.
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Joint Campus-Law Enforcement Preparation for Campus Demonstrations and Hate Incidents amid Violence in the Middle East
An extensively annotated checklist based on input from current and former campus security. city police chiefs and mediators who have worked large-scale crowd events and hate incidents.
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The Militarization of US Law Enforcement and Civilian Harm
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Protests and Police Reform: Q&A with RAND Experts
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Why police can violate your constitutional rights and suffer no consequences in court
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Washington Wrote a Playbook For Preventing Police Violence. What Happened to it?
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De-escalation Keeps Protesters And Police Safer. Departments Respond With Force Anyway.
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George Floyd, Police Brutality, and Crossing The Wedge (Part 1)
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Don't "Defund the Police." Reimagine the police.
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When It Works to 'Defund the Police'
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Defund the Police' Does Not Mean Defund the Police. Unless It Does.
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How Police Brutality Gets Made
An first rate analysis of the causes of police brutality with lots of valuable insights for those trying to help effectively address the problem.
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Qualified Immunity Protection for Police Emerges as Flash Point Amid Protests
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How Do the Police Actually Spend Their Time?
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What Is Qualified Immunity, and What Does It Have to Do With Police Reform?
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What we train our police to do --- and what they actually do
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Racist Police Violence Reconsidered