blacklivesmatter

POLICE KILLING OF BLACKS: Do Black Lives Matter?

Todd Beer on May 26, 2020

Updated June 19, 2020, with data from 2015-2019 Data collected by the Washington Post on the … Read More

SOCIOLOGY TOOLBOX: The year in review

Todd Beer on December 31, 2016

Our mantra here at Sociology Toolbox, has never been more important: TEACH WELL, IT MATTERS. One this last day of … Read More

TEACHING EXCEL BASICS WITH 2016 POLICE LETHAL FORCE DATA: A resource for methods

Todd Beer on August 8, 2016

Teaching quantitative methods and data analysis can be tedious, but I have found that using sociological and “headline-relevant” data, such as … Read More

“BUT BLACKS COMMIT MORE CRIMES”: Scholars discuss conservative logic

Todd Beer on July 25, 2016

Since 2014 there has been renewed interest, concern, and protest regarding the police use of deadly force against … Read More

RACIAL BIAS IN LETHAL POLICE SHOOTINGS: The Need for Interdisciplinary Research

Abigail A. Sewell on July 22, 2016

GUEST POST by Abigail A. Sewell Recently, The New York Times published a write-up of a study documenting a … Read More

UNARMED BLACK MAN KILLED BY POLICE…IS THIS TIME DIFFERENT?

Todd Beer on April 8, 2015

*For a look at the patterns that have emerged in the police shootings of unarmed black … Read More