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Archive: February 2021

Duke Professor Co-Authors Washington Post Opinion Piece About ‘Broken’ Policing System

February 8, 2021

John Rappaport and Ben Grunwald are no strangers to writing about flaws in the American policing system – you may recognize their bylines from their research last year about wandering officers, a coin they termed for police officers who were … Continue Reading →

Online Conference Offers Scholars Maximum Feedback on Research

January 29, 2021

By Belle Allmendinger

The Wilson Center and Duke Law’s Ben Grunwald hosted the inaugural Empirical Criminal Law Roundtable in December.

“We are so pleased to have gathered together such an impressive and collegial group of scholars from across the country, … Continue Reading →

Wandering Officer Research Could Create More Transparency in Police Hiring

December 17, 2020

By Sydney Gaviser

In light of high-profile police uses of force and subsequent protests this summer, police officers have been scrutinized more than ever. While some of the conversation has related to rules for police use of force and how … Continue Reading →