Happening tomorrow at noon! Looks like we'll have a full house in-person at Penn but you can still sign up to join us virtually.

penninjuryscience.org/event/the-toll…

Thank you, Dr. Jessica W. Gillooly and David Thacher, for this insightful look into the history of police dispatch. Lots to think about for related questions of gatekeeping vs triage, policing of marginalized communities, use of force, implications for models of public safety reform, etc. 🙏

It's tenure file time 😱 I need some help: if you've assigned my work in any of your classes, can you shoot me an email or DM with a syllabus?

I appreciate the help! Include a mailing address and I'll send some Danger Imperative stickers as a thank you🤗

This is the same legislature which after the Covenant School shooting in Nashville couldn’t pass the mildest of gun policies. Memphis changes its stop policy after cops kill Tyre Nichols and preemption is what lawmakers see as a better use of their time. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03…

I’m going to Princeton University!

Excited to spend 2024-25 at the University Center for Human Values as a Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow.

Can’t wait to meet the other fellows and get to work on the next book 👀 East coast, homies, let’s hang out!

uchv.princeton.edu/news/announcin…

Police tactics like physical restraints and Tasers aren’t supposed to end in death, but they can.

The U.S. government struggles to track these cases, so a reporting team led by AP investigated and documented more than 1,000 deaths from 2012 through 2021. apne.ws/ZAQbzeD

Police budgets weren't slashed in the aftermath of the #DefundthePolice movement--in fact, in Republican municipalities, budgets increased. Check out this new piece in Social Problems:

academic.oup.com/socpro/advance…

There is a lot in here to digest, but I’m thrilled that Julie Ward took this on. Mental health conditions were named in 23% of shootings and 67% were fatal! That could suggest underreporting of mental health issues in nonfatal shootings.

The first multiyear, nationwide analysis of injurious shootings by US police suggests that injury disparities are underestimated by fatal shootings alone.

Read the full Open Access study by Julie Ward et al. here: buff.ly/43osI2Q

Researchers recommend improving law enforcement reporting systems and changes to police responses to mental health calls. The study was published in the AJPH.
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJ…

MHS professor Julie Ward and her colleagues at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions have published their study on fatal and nonfatal police shootings in the US.

Dr. Ward will be supported by 5 Vanderbilt MHS students in ongoing research
#vanderbilt #gunviolence

publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/study-of-…

Such critical work from Julie Ward and colleagues in AJPH documenting police shootings in the US with excellent commentary from Justin Nix. A vital example of interdisciplinary analysis and collaboration.

Check out my brief commentary on Julie Ward’s new and important research ⤵️

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.21…

The Gun Violence Archive Cline Center Samuel Sinyangwe Washington Post Investigations AJPH