Don’t defund: National standards in law enforcement are key to reducing violence

7th May 2021Dr Maria Haberfeld, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020, and gun violence remains worryingly high in 2021; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Dr Maria (Maki) Haberfeld of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice argues that improving national standards in law enforcement and taking politics out of policing would be much more effective in reducing violence than defunding the police.

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Don’t defund: National standards in law enforcement are key to reducing violence

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