Policing
Total 7 Posts
The impact of under-resourcing the police.
6 min read
A barrister’s heartbreaking account of how the police cannot devote sufficient resources to make people feel safe in their own homes any longer. Or when policing comes down to one word. Resources.
We spent seven years observing UK police stop and search – Here is what we found.
5 min read
Findings on stop and account and vehicle stop checks potentially shine a light on why these powers may disproportionately affect black people.
Vigilantism, again in the news, is an American tradition.
4 min read
For many Americans, law and order has long been as much a private matter as something for the government to handle.
Beyond brutality.
6 min read
Black Lives Matter is a movement provoked by police but not in the end about policing. It acts to end police brutality but has a vision beyond brutality.
George Floyd’s death reflects the racist roots of American policing.
6 min read
Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Coronavirus: Why we must tackle hard questions about police power.
4 min read
We need to be clearer about what’s at stake when deciding how, for what purpose, and against whom, police authority is deployed.
London Bridge attack: Why longer sentences for terrorist offences are not the answer.
5 min read
A terrorism expert explains the legislation that led to the attacker’s release.