Human & Civil Rights
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Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked in countries around the world, including the United States. It is estimated that human trafficking is almost a $32 billion per year indu...
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In August 5, 2012, a white supremacist opened fire in the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, a suburb of Milwaukee. The attack resulted in the death of six Sikh worshipers and the injury of four o...
Community-Police Engagement
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IACP members help build safe, stable communities where everyone should have a place to call home. But some people in U.S. communities are not so fortunate. As police officers, law enforcement officers...
Human & Civil Rights
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In the summer of 2009, a desperate young Ukrainian woman sought the help of the Cook County, Illinois, Sheriff’s Police (CCSP). The woman, whose neck was branded with a distinctive horseshoe-shaped ...
Human & Civil Rights
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Historically, there has been considerable debate about the causes of wrongful convictions, in part because there was not full agreement about whether the defendants were truly innocent. To learn from ...
Investigations
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It seems most unlikely that, with all the checks and balances of the criminal justice system, someone today could be convicted of a crime he or she did not commit. The unfortunate reality, however, is...
Research & Evidence-Based Policing
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In 2002, Correll and others published a paper titled, “The Police Officer’s Dilemma.” The paper was, in part, a reaction to the death of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed black man who was shot and kill...
Human & Civil Rights
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Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies have reestablished and reengineered their intelligence capacity largely through guidance provi...