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The Mug Shot, a Crime Story Staple, Is Dropped by Some Newsrooms and Police
For more than a century, police departments and news organizations have worked together to disseminate photos of people after their arrest, often bleary-eyed and despondent, sometimes defiant and smiling. It’s a practice as old as
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on the distinction between remembering and knowing, gender and social cognition, racial inequality in research, responses to bodily postures, goal-driven behavior, and the menstrual cycle and evolution.
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‘It Can Be Hard to Concentrate or Focus on Something Else’
After George Floyd was killed by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, as three other police officers looked on, images and videos circulated via news and social media. Weeks earlier, video of Ahmaud Arbery’s killing[content
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Across the U.S., Families are Having Tough Talks About Racism
One night in late May, Wendy Bohon and her mom were piecing a puzzle together at the dining room table when they heard from the living room a news anchor’s somber voice, prepping his audience
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Policing and Law Enforcement: Further Considerations from Psychological Science
A review of some research on police and stereotyping, police officers’ aggressiveness, and the impact of psychological science on policing in the United States.
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Racism: Further Considerations from Psychological Science
A review of some of the research on the nature of racism and the social processes that maintain it; the issues of structural and institutional racism; the consequences of various forms of racism; and possible paths of action to combat racism.
