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Regionalizing Police Responses to Domestic Violence

Regionalizing Police Responses to Domestic Violence

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Nicholas Mastron March 24, 2017 Perhaps it’s not intuitive, but…

Funding Models for Municipal Policing

Funding Models for Municipal Policing

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Agustin Leon-Moreta March 24, 2017 Inequality in policing is a…

Fatal Attrition

Fatal Attrition

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization.  By Carletta Walker March 17, 2017 The rising crime rate…

Community Policing: The New Protect and Serve

Community Policing: The New Protect and Serve

Community policing, as defined by Community Oriented Policing Services, is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques, to proactively address…

Supporting Ongoing Innovation and Reform in American Policing

Supporting Ongoing Innovation and Reform in American Policing

Communities across the nation face great challenges in improving police-community relationships. While most communities have positive police-community relations, media coverage has been building salience for law enforcement reform on a…

Police Practices and Community Outreach: The Case of Dallas

Police Practices and Community Outreach: The Case of Dallas

With tragic irony, Dallas provides an excellent test case on community policing and transparency practices. The mayor has backed major policy changes implemented by the city’s police chief, including increasing…

To Follow the Rules or Not? That’s the Federal Dilemma

To Follow the Rules or Not? That’s the Federal Dilemma

Figuring out the best decision to make in the workplace just became much more difficult for federal employees. In a recent case, the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld administrative action…

How the Fight to Confirm Scalia’s Successor Could Change Governance at the Federal Level

How the Fight to Confirm Scalia’s Successor Could Change Governance at the Federal Level

The looming partisan political battle over the confirmation of a successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is likely to have a significant impact on the future procedural operation of…

The State of the Law in American Democracy

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By David Schultz December 9, 2014 Something is wrong with…

Is it OK for Public Officials to Lie About the Ebola Virus?

Is it OK for Public Officials to Lie About the Ebola Virus?

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By David Schultz November 14, 2014 Inevitably, if not already,…

Person or Property? Law as Classification

Person or Property? Law as Classification

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By David Schultz October 14, 2014 Law is about classification.…