Tag: law enforcement

Race and Justifiable Homicide by Law Enforcement

Dec 19, 2014

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Public Policy, Sociology

Stanford psychologist Jennifer Eberhardt recently recounted this conversation between her and her son: I'm on an airplane with my son. And he looks up and he sees a black man, and he says, "Hey, that guy looks like daddy." And I look at the guy, he doesn't look anything like my husband, and I notice…
Why the Increase in Justifiable Homicide by Law Enforcement?

Dec 9, 2014

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by

mwkruse

in Crime, Public Policy, Trends: Social

The rate of justifiable homicide by law enforcement is much higher in the United States than in other developed nations. The number of incidents has increased since 2000, even as the crime rate has dropped markedly. (See Justifiable Homicide by Law Enforcement by the Numbers) Why is this so? The reason for the high rate…