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There is a growing conversation around the issue of police legitimacy and the impact of public support, trust, and cooperation on the police’s ability to ensure public safety. Most of the research f...
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Last month’s attack (September 21 – 24, 2013) on the Westgate mall in Kenya left the world in shock and reminded law enforcement about terrorism and the threat it still poses to communities. Accor...
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The twin bombings at the Boston Marathon and the manhunt for the Tsarnaev brothers captivated the nation in the last weeks of April 2013. Nearly a dozen years after 9/11, a great U.S. city was once ag...
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For most U.S. citizens, terrorism became an issue of focus in the wake of the Al Qaeda attacks on September 11, 2001. However, for many countries around the world, terrorism has been an issue that the...
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The Boston Marathon bombing, subsequent manhunt, and current investigation are unprecedented—due not only to the nature of the attack but because of how much information has been available to law en...
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In today’s world, it is nearly impossible to avoid the constant presence of social media and society’s obsession with it. It is all around us. Smartphones, computers, and tablets provide an indivi...
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A shooting on the street
A fire at a residence
An emergency medical technician treating a wounded civilian
Taken separately, each of these incidents hardly gathers national attention. They ar...
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In a recent Gallup poll, less than one-half of one percent of respondents ranked terrorism as the most important issue facing the United States.1 Contrast this with a similar poll taken months after 9...
