Course Schedule

Week 1, 01/12: Syllabus & Course Overview

Schwartz, M. A. (2008). The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Journal of Cell Science 121: 1771.
Meares, T. L. and T. R. Tyler (2020). The first step is figuring out what police are for. The Atlantic.
Lum, C. (2021). Perspectives on policing: Cynthia Lum. Annual Review of Criminology 4:18.1–18.7.

Sierra-Arévalo, M. (In Press). American policing and the danger imperative. Forthcoming in Law & Society Review. (Postprint available here)
Sierra-Arévalo, M. (2019). The commemoration of death, organizational memory, and police culture. Criminology 57(4): 632–658.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael Sierra-Arévalo, University of Texas

Crank, J. P. and R. Langworthy (1992). An institutional perspective of policing. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 83: 338-363.
Cheng, T. (2020). Social media, selective transparency, and pursuing legitimation of police violence. Working paper (R&R).

Guest Speaker: Tony Cheng, Yale University

Shjarback, J. A, D. C. Pyrooz, S. E. Wolfe, and S. H. Decker (2017). De-policing and crime in the wake of Ferguson: Racialized changes in the quantity and quality of policing among Missouri police departments. Journal of Criminal Justice 50: 42–52.
Skoy, E. (2020). Black Lives Matter protests, fatal police interactions, and crime. Contemporary Economic Policy. Advance online publication.

Guest Speaker: Dr. John Shjarback, Rowan University

Gaston, S. (2019a). Enforcing race: A neighborhood-level explanation of black-white differences in drug arrests. Crime & Delinquency 65(4): 499–526.
Gaston, S. (2019b). Producing race disparities: A study of drug arrests across place and race. Criminology 57(3): 424–451.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Shytierra Gaston, Georgia State University

White, M. D. and R. J. Kane (2013). Pathways to career-ending police misconduct: An examination of patterns, timing, and organizational responses to officer malfeasance in the NYPD. Criminal Justice & Behavior 40(11): 1301–1325.
Chalfin, A. and J. Kaplan (2020). How many complaints against police officers can be abated by incapacitating a few bad apples? Working Paper (R&R).

Guest Speaker: Dr. Aaron Chalfin, University of Pennsylvania

Gaub, J. E. and M. D. White (2020). Open to interpretation: Confronting the challenges of understanding the current state of body-worn camera research. American Journal of Criminal Justice. Advance online publication.
Lum, C, C. S. Koper, D. B. Wilson, M. Stoltz, M. Goodier, E. Eggins, A. Higginson, and L. Mazerolle (2020). Body-worn cameras effects on police officers and citizen behavior: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews 16(3): 1–40.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Janne Gaub, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Riccucci, N. M, G. G. Van Ryzin, and K. Jackson (2018). Representative bureaucracy, race, and policing: A survey experiment. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 28(4): 506–518.
Ba, B., D. Knox, J. Mummolo, and R. Rivera (2020). Diversity in policing: The role of officer race and gender in police-civilian interactions in Chicago. Working paper (R&R).

Guest Speaker: Dr. Bocar Ba, University of California Irvine

Nix, J, J. T. Pickett, S. E. Wolfe, and B. A. Campbell (2017). Demeanor, race, and police perceptions of procedural justice: Evidence from two randomized experiments. Justice Quarterly 34(7): 1154–1183.
Nagin, D. S. and C. W. Telep (2020). Procedural justice and legal compliance: A revisionist perspective. Criminology & Public Policy 19(3): 761–786.
Wood, G, T. R. Tyler, and A. V. Papachristos (2020). Procedural justice training reduces police use of force and complaints against officers. PNAS 117(18): 9815–9821.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Cody Telep, Arizona State University

Spring Break - No class

Sherman, L. W. (2015). A tipping point for “totally evidenced policing”: Ten ideas for building an evidence-based police agency. International Criminal Justice Review 25(1): 11–29.
Haberman, C. P. and W. H. Stiver (2019). Using officers’ perspectives to guide the implementation of hot spots foot patrols. Policing and Society. Advance online publication.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Cory Haberman, University of Cincinnati

Schuck, A. M. (2014). Female representation in law enforcement: The influence of screening, unions, incentives, community policing, CALEA, and size. Police Quarterly 17(1): 54–78.
Todak, N. (2017). The decision to become a police officer in a legitimacy crisis. Women and Criminal Justice 27(4), pp. 250–270.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Natalie Todak, University of Alabama Birmingham

Fisher, B. W, E. M. Higgins, A. Kupchik, S. Viano, F. C. Curran, S. Overstreet, B. Plumlee, and B. Coffey (2020). Protecting the Flock or Policing the Sheep? Differences in School Resource Officers Perceptions of Threats by School Racial Composition. Social Problems. Advance online publication.
Gottfredson, D. C, S. Crosse, Z. Tang, E. L. Bauer, M. A. Harmon, C. A. Hagen, and A. D. Greene (2020). Effects of school resource officers on school crime and responses to school crime. Criminology & Public Policy 19(3): 905–940.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ben Fisher, University of Louisville

Ouellet, M, S. Hashimi, J. Gravel, and A. V. Papachristos (2019). Network exposure and excessive use of force: Investigating the social transmission of police misconduct. Criminology & Public Policy 18(3): 675–704.
Zhao, L. and A. V. Papachristos (2020). Network position and police who shoot. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 687(1): 89–112.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Marie Ouellet, Georgia State University

Student presentations
Research proposals due

Last updated on Nov 16, 2020