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The Effect of Court-Ordered Hiring Quotas on the Composition and Quality of Police [PDF]

open access: yes
Arguably the most aggressive affirmative action program ever implemented in the United States was a series of court-ordered racial hiring quotas imposed on municipal police departments.
Justin McCrary
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A Pivotal Moment: Assessing Houston's Plan for Pension Reform [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) released "A Pivotal Moment: Assessing Houston's Plan for Pension Reform," a report that provides an in-depth analysis of the City of Houston's pension reform proposal currently pending in the Texas Legislature.
Josh B. McGee, Paulina S. Diaz Aguirre
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Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Police Department in the Kuznetsk, Barnaul, and Biysk Districts (Parishes) in the Second Half of the XIX Century

open access: yesВестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2020
The research featured the changes associated with the abolition of serfdom, which affected the law enforcement system of the state and, most of all, the police. In Siberia, police reforms were conducted several years after they had been introduced in the
Yu. N. Moskvitin
doaj   +1 more source

Professionalism, Community Policing, and Citizen Participation in U.S. Municipal Police Departments

open access: yesThe Korean Governance Review, 2010
Citizen surveys as a tool for democratic governance and for citizen participation have had a rich tradition in local government for the past 30 years. For democratic governance, one of the debate arises over the tension between professionalism and democracy.
null Bok-Tae Kim   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Uncovering Semantic Patterns in Sustainability Research: A Systematic NLP Review

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study maps how Natural Language Processing (NLP) contributes to sustainability. Using a PRISMA‐guided review of 131 English‐language articles from Web of Science (2018–2025), we combine bibliometric co‐word mapping with BERTopic to derive complementary structural and semantic views. Four themes emerge: Topic 0—Climate Change Discourse and
Ehsan Tashakori   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Progress in community policing [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This article examines the development of community-based policing in the\ud United States and the Netherlands. These two countries were selected because\ud the United States has been the forerunner of research into the police and one\ud of the first ...
Aronowitz, Alexis A.
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Between Emancipation and Domination? A Critical Analysis of Empowerment in a Women‐Only Development Program in Costa Rica's Coffee Sector

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Female empowerment and its use in development contexts has histories in coloniality. Gender programs typically imply an individualistic, depoliticized concept. This article examines whether such initiatives can be supportive for empowerment. We apply an embedded qualitative case study of Bean Voyage's program to support female coffee producers
Annelie M. Gütte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analisis Kinerja Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja Kabupaten Blora Dalam Penanganan Pedagang Kaki Lima [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Police Civil Service Unit (Satpol PP) is the fundamental duty of local governments to enforce local laws, organizing public order and public tranquility.
Utomo, Y. R. (Yahya)   +1 more
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