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Students as Suspects: The LA Unified School District Police Department and the Policing of Black Bodies

Policing Our Students

Million Dollar Hod Project Report on Policing in LA Schools

The Right to Remain Students

ACLU report on school policing in the state of California

ACLU of Southern California

Website for the Southern California branch of the The American Civil Liberties Union

Million Dollar Hood Project

UCLA research project mapping out LA policing statistics

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Media Use and Communication Inequalities in a Public Health Emergency: A Case Study of 2009–2010 Pandemic Influenza A Virus Subtype H1N1

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Describe the methodology of the study. Is this a new or inventive way of studying this issue?

The methods utilized in this paper are not necessarily new or inventive, yet this doesn't detract from its effectiveness. The data used for this study was collected from surveys of 1,569 people and the data was then analyzed using statistical methods of logistic regression.

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American Red Cross

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What do people in this organization find challenging or concerning in the problem spaces in which they work?

One of the red cross' major concerns is the extreme differences in nature that can be found with almost all disasters, and being able to allocate the correct resources at the correct time. It is also a volunteer organization with funding primarily coming from donations, so being able to maintain its workforce and revenue is a constant challenge.

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Community Paramedics

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Who published the report?

This report was published by the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

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The Problem of Securing Health

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What were the methods, tools and/or data used to produce the claims or arguments made in the article or report?

Much of the data for this paper was drawn from historical examples of response to major disease outbreaks such as AIDS and the policies created by organization such as the World Health Organization, like the smallpox caccination program, to cope with them. This data, the timeline it presents, and the results illustrate the ever changing nature of international health security.