Tag Archives: gun violence

All of us want to feel safe in our daily lives. Yet when we think about crime, our first response is often a blanket approach: find the bad guys, and punish them. But what if there were another way? This week on the show, researchers Sara Heller and Chris Blattman explore how technology and psychology can be used to radically transform our approach to crime. Additional Resources “Social Networks and the Risk of Gunshot Injury,” by Andrew Papachristos, Anthony Braga, David Hureau in the...

How can we get more ‘output,’ and of the right sort, from policing? The question has only taken on greater importance with recent, widely publicized instances of police misconduct; declines in public trust in police; and a rise in gun violence, all disproportionately concentrated in economically disadvantaged communities of color. Research typically focuses on two levers: (1) police resources, and (2) policing strategies or policies, historically focused on crime control but increasingly...

How can we get more ‘output,’ and of the right sort, from policing? The question has only taken on greater importance with recent, widely publicized instances of police misconduct; declines in public trust in police; and a rise in gun violence, all disproportionately concentrated in economically disadvantaged communities of color. Research typically focuses on two levers: (1) police resources, and (2) policing strategies or policies, historically focused on crime control but increasingly...

This was on the front page of the Iowa City Press-Citizen yesterday. The article also reported rising sales of bulletproof glass.FortuneBulletproof Backpacks: A Must-Have for Back-to-School in 2018? Brittany Shoot

Young people getting up off their butts en masse, taking their eyeballs off their phone, and striking to protest gun violence in schools. 60's redux? Is activism on the rise again after Occupy?New York Daily News — OpinionThe youngsters school the college kids: Last week’s gun protests were powerfully effective — older students should take notes Todd Gitlin | professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University and the author of "Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit and the Promise...