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From the Administrator: Law Enforcement’s Role in Changing Minds About Children’s Exposure to Violence

Children who experience and witness violence are robbed of their childhoods and bear physical and emotional scars that can last a lifetime. We know that youth who have been exposed to violence are mor...

Cybercrime

Protecting Children Worldwide: HSI’s Strategy for Preventing Online Child Exploitation

During the 2015 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, law enforcement executives and senior leaders from departments and agencies around the worl...

IACP

Great Ideas

Policing has a long and storied history, but as any textbook can tell you, it is also constantly evolving. Sometimes the evolution of policing is catalyzed by a particularly innovative idea. Being ...

Community-Police Relations

Forging a School-Police Relationship to Decrease Student Arrests

"Bridgeport School Arrests, Suspensions Down” declared a July 2015 headline in the Connecticut Post. Communities across the United States are seeing similar results as they try to decrease “school...

Youth

21st Century Youth-Focused Policing: Engaging Youth through the Six Pillars

The Final Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing pointed out how a number of landmark events involving law enforcement responses in the United States have exposed “rifts in ...

Training to Work Effectively with Youth: Reflect on the Past and Retool for the Future

Once upon a time, there was a uniform that commanded respect and communicated trust. A few words and a stern look from the officer wearing the uniform could often be counted on to correct a youth’s ...

Youth

The Multnomah County Experience: Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice

Diversity, racial, and ethnic disparities and fairness in the U.S. justice system are complex issues that present challenges to police chiefs, line officers, public safety leaders, policy makers, stak...

Community-Police Relations

Bystander Intervention: Options for Campus Involvement in Crime Prevention

In order to effectively and consistently reduce crime within any given community, a culture of intolerance of crime must be created among community members. While there are multiple components necessa...