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Fewer guns, fewer shootings: Focus on gun offenders to reduce violence

Violence Reduction Project
SUBSCRIBE 2nd April 2021

Justin Nix, Assoc. Professor, University of Nebraska Omaha

OPINION: Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Professor Justin Nix argues that revisiting a successful St Louis ‘consent to search’ project which took more than 400 guns off the street could reduce violence and save lives.

The police need to be legally stopping people; that’s not happening anymore

Violence Reduction Project
SUBSCRIBE 26th March 2021

L Garcia, Chicago Police Department

OPINION: Levels of violent crime across America saw an unprecedented increase in 2020; in this latest essay from the Violence Reduction Project, Chicago PD officer L Garcia urges politicians, management and the media to support police in doing what they need to do – target the criminals, keep communities safe, be accountable for their mistakes, and reduce violence across the city.

Research highlighting racial inequality in homicides could help forces to tackle disparity more effectively

SUBSCRIBE 17th December 2020

Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

FEATURE: New research highlights 'massive inequalities’ in the UK murder rates for different ethnic communities, with homicide levels more than 20 times higher per 100,000 of the population among some black age groups, compared to the white community; now researchers are calling for closer scrutiny of the figures to enable forces to tackle racial disparity more effectively, reports Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons.
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