Tag: Police

It may be rare for a social work student to reflect on an assignment as something inspirational rather than a ...

A Cornell University study found that black men, no matter how dark or light their skin, get arrested at the ...

African-American prisoners who were convicted of murder are about 50 percent more likely to be innocent than other convicted murderers ...

"Child welfare is a continuum of services that ensure children are safe and that families have the support they need ...

Recent surveys have revealed that 85% of sexual assault victims do not report their assault promptly to appropriate authorities. When ...

Far too often, police officers in many European countries resort to excessive use of force against protesters, mistreat persons in ...

On April 14th, Mayor Rahm Emanuel backed a proposal to established a 5.5 million dollar reparations fund for victims tortured ...

It has taken a great amount of time for me to process what has happened over the past several weeks ...

With the recent decisions of no indictment involving the police officers responsible for the deaths of Mike Brown, Eric Garner, ...

By Irene M. Ota, College of Social Work and Irene H. Yoon, College of Education The unfolding events in Ferguson, ...

This is a Letter to the Editor that I received from a member of the social work community. Although I ...

A violent threat, a criminal, a gangster, a drug-dealer, a menace, it seems these are all the things the police ...

I have postponed writing this piece for several months now. However as more stories emerge on an almost daily basis, ...

Earlier this month, a 14-year-old Venzel Richardson was shot to death on the South Side of Chicago. After the shooting one ...