The Militarization of U.S. Domestic Policing

Militarization and Aggressive Policing

Events in Ferguson and Baltimore in the United States in the past 3 years have brought to light issues related to the militarization of police and adverse police–citizen interactions. Through federal programs and grants, local law enforcement agencies have been able to acquire surplus military items to combat terrorism and drug activity. The acquisition of these items has accelerated over the p...

Under the radar: policing non-violent domestic abuse in the US and UK

Physical violence is but one of many tools that may be used to gain greater powerwithin intimate relationships, yet the legal response has been critiqued for failing to recognise and respond to the full spectrum of abusive behaviours, such as coercive control. Using a sample of police officers from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), the current study utilises hypothetical vigne...

Policing Domestic Violence: the Problem-solving Paradigm

Policing domestic violence is the most scientifically developed application of the problem-solving paradigm. Its current state reveals many basic challenges to the paradigm as a tool for crime prevention. While there has been great progress in adopting the goal of preventing domestic violence, there has been less understanding and use of the paradigm's methods for accomplishing that goal. Almos...

The Pecten of Gallus domestic us

US revamps domestic Ebola response.

US health officials have been scrambling to tighten up their control protocols and procedures after the emergency room staff of a hospital in Dallas, Texas, misdiagnosed the first case of Ebola in the US—in a Liberian man who became ill shortly after arriving from west Africa—and two of the hospital’s nursing staff contracted the disease while caring for him. On 20 October, the US Centers for D...