Problem
In Police Relations with Black and White Youths in Different Urban Neighborhoods, below, Brunson and Weitzer presents evidence-based research that predicted the conflict between youth and law enforcement in the suburbs of Saint Louis, MO (Ferguson incident).
i. What specifically should law enforcement leadership learn from their research about how to change police-youth interactions to reduce or avoid future conflicts?
ii. How can law enforcement leaders predict with any accuracy the next hot spot between youth and law enforcement?