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 ...

The question of how to improve policing in South Africa isn’t new – but the pressure to deliver positive change is sharper than ever. How can real, measurable, systemic improvements be achieved? And ...

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 687, Fatal Police Shootings: Patterns, Policy, and Prevention (JANUARY 2020), pp. 8-26 (19 pages) The promise of evidence-based ...

QUINCY — Jonathan Lewin, a 28-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, said Quincy could benefit to an evidence-based approach to policing. Evidence-based policing involves using the best ...

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold was inducted into the Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame this week, according to a news release from the city. The Hall recognizes law enforcement personnel who ...

For too long, public safety in American cities has been shaped more by tradition, politics and perception than by evidence and innovation. Policing practices often evolved from institutional culture ...

Actor Morgan Freeman has made a donation to help launch a legal studies center at the University of Mississippi focused on developing evidence-based practices and training for law enforcement amid ...

Cynthia Lum, Professor and Director, Evidence-Based Crime Policy (CEBCP), Criminology, Law and Society, and Christopher Koper, Associate Professor, Criminology, Law and Society, received funding for: ...

In the past few years, numerous theories about crime and criminal justice have been advanced in the United States that lack any basis in evidence or common sense. The Metropolitan Police Service in ...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other city officials recently responded to constituent pressure over the spike in gun violence that Chicago experienced in recent months. Headlines splashed across newspapers ...

In a recent report on stops made by deputies in 2019, officials with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said they found no evidence of racial bias in their policing. The department came to that ...