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Reducing Violence for a SAFER Future

Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is among the most persistent, devastating, and complex forms of harm in society. It crosses every demographic boundary—class, race, geography—and manifests ...

Officer Safety & Wellness

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Elevating the Response to Violence

Differing approaches to addressing violence within a local community are sometimes seen as being in opposition, yet there is increasing recognition that working across sectors can be a more effective ...

Crime & Violence

Strategic Shifts in Campus Policing

Over the past15 years, university policing has undergone significant transformations driven by evolving social expectations, by emerging threats, and by the increasingly complex campus environment. As...

Criminal Justice Reform

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From Crisis to Reform

Between 2010 and 2025, public order policing has undergone a profound—yet often unheralded—transformation. In some parts of Europe and the United States, the traditional logic of “crowd contro...

Youth

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Fulfilling the School Safety Mandate

The Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in 1999, remains among the most notorious school shootings in the United States. While the tragedy holds an unfortunate mystique, sometimes l...

Crime & Violence

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Forging a United Front

With Arizona emerging as a key battleground in the fight against transnational crime, police agencies must work together, employing a comprehensive and collaborative response. Crime syndicates are com...

Crime & Violence

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The Change That Change Requires

In the European Union (EU), serious and organized crime constitutes an ever-evolving threat. For experienced law enforcement officers, it remains a known phenomenon by some of its key features like it...

Investigations

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Disrupting the Network

In recent years, the term “human trafficking” has garnered a considerable amount of attention across a variety of spaces. Law enforcement agencies across the United States have started to make it ...