A lecturer in UCI's School of Social Ecology , Turk began providing conflict resolution training to domestic violence volunteers, nurses, teachers, lawyers, judges and other citizens of Cyprus under a 1997 Fulbright scholarship. But the divided island republic's national police force faced special problems. Beset by tensions ranging from Turkish troops occupying the northern third of the island to a growing international crime community in the south, the 5,000-member force needed to acquire mediation skills and to improve its policing techniques and public image. The program was so successful that the Cyprian police have expressed a desire for additional training next year. Boarnet and Crane show there is a good deal of complexity and ambiguity in the link between neighborhood design and driving behavior.
Specific policies targeting congestion or auto emissions can be more effective, the authors claim.
They also recommend basing land use and transportation policies on comprehensive analysis of the relationship among urban form, travel and transportation problems. While handcuffs were never designed for comfort, many arrests leave suspects with permanent, severe damage to nerves in their hands and wrists, regardless of the suspects' legal outcome. Dr. Arthur Grant, assistant professor of neurology in UCI's College of Medicine , used electrophysiology tests on 18 patients who had been restrained with handcuffs that had been too tight. He found 22 incidents of severe damage to nerve cells in the wrist and hands, where the handcuffs had been. These are preventable injuries, and law enforcement officials need to be more aware of the possibility of unintended nerve injuries and be careful about overtightening handcuffs.