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In a disturbing trend, hate crimes have been on the rise in recent years in the United States. When a person is targeted for a crime because of actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, religion, na...
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Alexithymia is a nuanced, multidimensional psychological construct that can impact a person’s ability to function in daily life as evidenced by challenges in school and work as well as treatment and...
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder that has significant implications for the criminal justice system. Caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol, FASD...
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Complex trauma occurs when a child is subjected to repetitive and chronic forms of adversity and abuse (i.e., neglect or emotional, physical, or sexual abuse). These experiences can result in emotiona...
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Fifty years ago marked the Stonewall Riots—the flashpoint over the historic conflicts between the police in New York City and its LGBTQ community that, for generations, endured selective enforcement...
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Policing in the United States has changed over time, as has U.S. society. Various criminological schools—the pre-classical school, classical school, positivist school, and neo-classical school—hav...
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The events of the past several months have been a source of many feelings and fear in the minds of many, particularly the criminal acts by those who took an oath to protect and serve their communities...
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On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota, police officers killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, after arresting him for allegedly using counterfeit money. During the three months that followed...
