The Peacemakers: Navigating the Intersection of Biblical Justice and Contemporary Policing

For Christians seeking to enter the field of policing, the question of justice is answered by two separate sources. Conceptions of justice are presented by both the contemporary justice system and the Bible. The history and current state of American policing reveal a sense of justice that is concerned with fighting crime and defending the rights of the vulnerable. There are, however, inherent limitations when operating within a system made by man. Biblical justice goes further by prioritizing restoration and redeemed relationships within its conception of justice. Reconciling these two perspectives equips Christian police officers with a framework with which they can navigate policing in a way that best glorifies God and effects true justice

Weight enumerators of Reed-Muller codes from cubic curves and their duals

Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field of characteristic not equal to $2$ or $3$. We compute the weight enumerators of some projective and affine Reed-Muller codes of order $3$ over $\mathbb{F}_q$. These weight enumerators answer enumerative questions about plane cubic curves. We apply the MacWilliams theorem to give formulas for coefficients of the weight enumerator of the duals of these codes. We see how traces of Hecke operators acting on spaces of cusp forms for $\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$ play a role in these formulas.Comment: 19 pages. To appear in "Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography, and Coding Theory" (Y. Aubry, E. W. Howe, C. Ritzenthaler, eds.), Contemp. Math., 201

London businesses benefit from the city’s ‘diversity bonus’ – so current immigration policies are unhelpful. There should be a greater focus on workers’ welfare

London’s diversity is a cause for celebration for many, but does it have a positive impact on the city’s economy? Max Nathan argues that companies and markets directly benefit from London’s mix of cultures. Unfortunately, current government policy towards migrants and ethnic minorities does very little to maximise the potential of diverse workplaces