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The effects of shift-work schedules on the sleep, health, safety, and quality of life of police employees during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionThe negative health and safety consequences of police fatigue are increasingly recognized as a critical problem. This study’s objective was to measure the effects of different shift schedules on police employee health, safety, and quality of ...
Lois James, Stephen James, Loren Atherley   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Resettlement and the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: The influence and challenges of statutory guidance from professional perspectives for young people released from prison

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper considers the views and experiences of local authority professionals in the policy context of the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice (CoP) in the youth justice system in England, focusing on the resettlement transition.
Gavin Tucker, Sarah Parsons
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of clinical outcomes of single-incision versus multi-port laparoscopic surgery for descending colon cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis

BMC Gastroenterology, 2022
Background The clinical impact of single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) for descending colon cancer (DCC) is unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of SILS for DCC compared with multi-port laparoscopic surgery (MPLS ...
Mitsuyoshi Tei, Yozo Suzuki, Toshinori Sueda, Kazuya Iwamoto, Atsushi Naito, Masatoshi Nomura, Yukihiro Yoshikawa, Masahisa Ohtsuka, Mitsunobu Imasato, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Hiroki Akamatsu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Public Sphere as a Meaningful Arena for Volunteering Dynamics: The Case of a Rural Space in Northern Israel

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the context of the rural public sphere as reflected in residents' consciousness of their volunteering potential. To this end, a qualitative study was conducted in two rural settlements belonging to the same regional municipality in northern Israel: one Jewish and the other Arab. The 32 interviewees who participated in the
Yasmin Aboud‐Halabi, Galit Yanay‐Ventura   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data-Driven Optimization for Atlanta Police Zone Design [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
We present a data-driven optimization framework for redesigning police patrol zones in an urban environment. The objectives are to rebalance police workload among geographical areas and to reduce response time to emergency calls. We develop a stochastic model for police emergency response by integrating multiple data sources, including police incidents
arxiv  

A description of musculoskeletal injuries in a Canadian police service

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020
Objectives Police officers run a risk of injury that is higher than in most other occupations. This study aims to quantify injury prevalence and identify common musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) among police officers, using injury data from a municipal ...
Liana Lentz, Donald Voaklander, Douglas P. Gross, Christine A. Guptill, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Collective Victimhood: How Diverse Conflict Knowledge Relates to Community Cohesion

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In conflict‐affected societies, collective victimization can undermine social cohesion or foster narrow ingroup bonding and parochialism. We examine whether the possibility to know and freely communicate about diverse conflict experiences, which go beyond collective (ingroup) victimhood, can serve as a resource for community cohesion (i.e ...
Sandra Penić, Guy Elcheroth, Rezarta Bilali   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing patterns in police stops by race in Minneapolis from 2016-2021 [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
The murder of George Floyd centered Minneapolis, Minnesota, in conversations on racial injustice in the US. We leverage open data from the Minneapolis Police Department to analyze individual, geographic, and temporal patterns in more than 170,000 police stops since 2016.
arxiv  

Disqualifying Qualified Immunity [PDF]

, 2021
The relationship between municipal responsibility and municipal liability in civil suits concerning local police officer misconduct is flawed. Cities have almost unlimited control over their police departments but lack almost any control over the civil ...
Hudnell, Nicholas McGill
core   +1 more source

Understanding Wildfires in Norway: Key Hazards and Vegetation Fires Damaging Buildings 2016–2023

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires are an increasing global challenge, and local knowledge is essential for efficient mitigation. In Norway, as for the rest of Northern Europe, wildfires are expected to increase in frequency and severity, which will also increase WUI vulnerabilities.
Ragni Fjellgaard Mikalsen, Edvard Aamodt, Max Gribble, Ellen Synnøve Skilbred, Dag Olav Snersrud, Kemal Sarp Arsava   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source