Training Our Protectors
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  • Introduction
  • Stress Effects on Police
    • Papers: Stress Effects on Police
  • Understanding Violence
    • A Complex Matrix
    • Nature-Nurture Interactions>
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    • Child abuse and neglect>
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      • Papers: Corporal punishment effects
    • Effects of Trauma and Stress>
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    • Powder-keg formula>
      • Papers: Early Signs
    • The Violent Brain>
      • Brain Injury and Damage>
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      • Genes and temperament>
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      • Neurohormonal imbalances>
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    • Intimate violence and abuse>
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    • Substance Abuse>
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    • Psychopaths and APD>
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    • Parallels of collective violence and war zones>
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  • Abuse of Power
    • Authoritarians>
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    • Going backward: A trend toward authoritarianism>
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    • "Stand Your Ground">
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    • Prosecutor's Certainty>
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    • Innocents swept up in frenzy >
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    • He’s just "faking it” >
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    • Punitive approach>
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    • Police Brutality>
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      • Articles: Tasers and Pepper Spray
      • SWAT Overkill-Warrior Cops
      • Militarization
      • Stop and Frisk
      • Blog and News Posts: Police Abuse
    • Racial Profiling
    • A Global Crisis>
      • Global Reports
    • Locked up and restrained>
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      • News and blog posts
    • Torture>
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      • News and blog posts
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    • Human Rights Abuses>
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      • New Page
    • Governments Mistreating Citizens>
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    • Civil liberties>
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    • "War on Terror" Errors and Effects>
      • Torture Debates
      • Bush Cheney Policies
      • Overreaction to 9/11
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    • Systemic Corruption>
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  • Juvenile "Injustice"
    • What are we doing to our children?
    • News around the world
    • News from U.S.
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  • Prison Nation
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    • Articles: Overview Issues
    • Mass Incarceration>
      • Papers
    • Solitary confinement
    • Supermax>
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    • Sentencing Discrepancies>
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    • Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
    • Three Strikes
    • The New Chain Gangs
    • Private For-Profit Prisons: Corporate welfare>
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    • Mentally ill in prison>
      • Papers and articles
    • Inside Rape>
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    • Effects on Families and Children>
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  • Neuroscience of law and justice
    • Fairness and Reciprocity>
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    • Diversity of Human Nature>
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    • Memory>
      • How memory is reconstructed
      • Eyewitness fallibility
      • The Line-up
      • Academic Papers on Memory
    • False Confession
    • Misperception and misjudgment>
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    • Micro-expressions>
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    • Volition>
      • Assumptions about personal agency and self-control>
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      • Temporary impulsive behavior
    • Prejudice and Discrimination>
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    • Unrecognized extenuating circumstances
  • Social psychology of justice
    • Values and Attitudes>
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    • Groupthink>
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    • System Justification>
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    • Obedience, Compliance, Conformity>
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    • Denial and Projection>
      • Papers and Articles
    • Whistleblowers as Traitors>
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    • Revisiting Zimbardo
    • Seminal Studies
    • Loyalty and Collusion>
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    • Search for belonging: gangs and mercenaries>
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    • Situational social roles>
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  • Debating Approaches
    • Punishment vs. prevention>
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    • Gun control and Common Sense>
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    • Drug treatment or harsh incarceration>
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  • Ineffective and Outdated Methods
    • Coercive Interrogation and leading questions>
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    • Myths About Psychological Profiling>
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    • Polygraph>
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    • Tough Love and Zero Tolerance>
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    • Bounties and Informants>
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    • Boot camps>
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    • The "Bad Seed" view>
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  • Economic and Political Issues
    • Privatization: mercenary and contract security>
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    • Inadequate training and monitoring >
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    • Mislabeling
    • Corruption: A Quiet Violence
    • War on Poor: Draconian Policies
    • Dickens and Les Miz
  • A Broad Cultural Background
  • Solutions
    • Prevention>
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    • Social Investment>
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    • Restorative Justice>
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    • Helping Kids-at-Risk>
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    • Juvenile Justice alternatives>
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    • Empathy and Ethics>
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    • Conflict resolution>
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    • Community-based programs>
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    • Never Assume>
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    • Offset Damage>
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    • Healing the Hurt>
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    • Global Approaches
    • Helping Law Enforcement Professionals>
      • Coping with danger and high-stress situations
      • Triage and Crowd Control
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    • Major Policy Reforms>
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  • Resources
    • Discussion of Methods
    • Exercises and Surveys
    • Authoritarian Questionnaire
    • Values Questionnaire
    • Civil Liberties Questionnaire
  • A Look at History
    • A History of Punishment
    • Inhumane incarceration, detention>
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    • Chain gangs, debtor’s prison, the poorhouse>
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    • Gulags, Political prisoners>
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    • Internment>
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  • Social Advances slideshow
  • Statistics
    • General Indicators
    • Stats: Prison Population
    • Stats: Gun Violence
    • Stats: Child abuse
    • Stats: Substance-abuse related violence
  • Recommendations
    • Organizations and Advocates
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    • Video Lectures
    • TV Shows
    • Feature Films
    • Documentaries
    • Other Media
    • Exhibits
  • Index of all Links
  • Index of all paper topics
Lawsuit: SWAT Officers Dragged 10-Year-Old from Bathtub, Made Him Stand Naked Next to 4-Year-Old Sister, Terrorized Family
From www.alternet.org
14 police officers with helmets and facemasks and assa
Blurring the line between police officer and soldier: The rise of the warrior cop
From online.wsj.com
SWAT teams were once rare, but they now operate at every level of government, from small towns to federal agencies. Is it time to reconsider the militarization of American policing? By Radley Balko
Henrico police shoot pet as they notify family of son's homicide
From www.timesdispatch.com 
A bereft Henrico County family says its son died near Cool Lane, robbed of his life and $15.
Florida Woman Terrorized In Rambo-Like Police Raid For No Reason 
From www.addictinginfo.org
Why the scene from Rambo? Was it reasonable not to give some sort of proof of who you are when you scream at someone's door? In Florida... maybe.
Military Surplus Diverted To Police Departments With Little Oversight - Huffington Post
From www.huffingtonpost.com 
Military Surplus Diverted To Police Departments With Little Oversight Huffington Post Yates has driven to military bases throughout the region to retrieve the free property and said he has had to provide written justification for everything he...
AP IMPACT: Little Restraint In Military Giveaways - NPR
From www.npr.org 
Yates has driven to military bases throughout the region to retrieve the free property and said he has had to provide written justification for everything he requests.
Why is a SWAT team assaulting me? I’m just dancing at a rave
From www.salon.com 
Local cops use anti-terrorism grants for heavy artillery, descend on dances, homeowners, marijuana dispensaries
Former Cops Speak Out About Police Militarization
From www.huffingtonpost.com
Since my book on police militarization came out a few weeks ago, it's been interesting to see the reaction from law enforcement officials.