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Staffing Levels are the Most Important Factor Influencing Police Response Times

Officer Diversity May Reduce Black Americans’ Fear of the Police (Re-Blog)

Would police racial and gender diversification reduce Black Americans' fear of the police? The theory of representative bureaucracy indicates that it might. We tested the effects of officer diversity in two experiments embedded in a national survey …

Front porch roll calls: an innovative approach to community-oriented policing in Saginaw, MI

When police pull back: Neighborhood-level effects of de-policing on violent and property crime (Re-Blog)

Many U.S. cities witnessed both de-policing and increased crime in 2020, yet it remains unclear whether the former contributed to the latter. Indeed, much of what is known about the effects of proactive policing on crime comes from studies that …

How generalizable are findings from police surveys? A review of multi-agency studies

Biased Coverage of Bias Crime: Examining Differences in Media Coverage of Hate Crimes and Terrorism

An experimental look at reasonable suspicion and police discretion

How Generalizable are Findings from Police Surveys? (Re-Blog)

Policing scholars frequently use surveys to understand officer attitudes and behavioral intentions. Yet, it is difficult to gain access to one – let alone multiple – agencies. Thus, officer surveys often reflect views in a single department, making …

Recidivism among People Convicted of Gun Offenses: A Call to Better Leverage Reentry Resources to Decrease Gun Violence

This study provides a primary step towards exploring whether rehabilitation efforts informed by the risk, needs, responsivity approach should be leveraged to decrease gun violence. Through the use of competing risks survival analyses, we assess the …

The Co-evolution of Friendship and Power Relations in a Men's Prison Unit

**Objectives:** Despite renewed research interest in prison social organization, little is known about how relationships that constitute the prison social system develop and change. The current study aims to understand the processes that link …