by David Yamane | Dec 19, 2021 | gender, police, race, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University
As noted earlier, the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns seminar is for the students to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience with and understanding of guns in light of what they learned in the course. Here is the sixth of...
by David Yamane | Sep 22, 2021 | gun ownership, police, race, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing
This is the sixth of several student gun range field trip reflection essays from my fall 2021 Sociology of Guns seminar (see reflection #1, reflection #2, reflection #3, reflection #4, and reflection #5). The assignment to which students are responding can be found...
by David Yamane | Aug 5, 2021 | Craig Douglas, police, race, Sociology of Guns Seminar, use of force
Questions and controversies around police use of force are not new, but have been animated by a spate of high profile cases in recent years resulting in the death of black Americans, including Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Alton Sterling,...
by David Yamane | Dec 26, 2020 | police, Sociology of Guns Seminar, Student Writing, Wake Forest University
As noted earlier, the final assignment of the semester in my Sociology of Guns seminar is for the students to write an essay reflecting on their personal experience with and understanding of guns in light of what they learned in the course (full text of the assignment...
by Eric M | May 30, 2020 | Law and Policy, LGC Blog, Personal Safety, police
Protests in 30 cities. Buildings burned. The national guard getting called in. These are the headlines this morning. At least George Floyd is still in the headlines, because let’s not forget the reason that this is happening. A citizen was straight up murdered...
by David Yamane | Nov 16, 2019 | art, law enforcement, police
While in San Francisco for the American Society of Criminology meetings this week, my sister sent me an Instagram post by the anonymous graffiti artist BiP (“Believe in People”). It unveiled an eight story tall mural he recently completed in the Hayes...
