My Blog
A random assortment of thoughts on policing, crime, academia, and whatever else might be on my mind as I procrastinate.
What I Wish I Had Known Before Grad School
grad school
academia
criminology
How Did Police Become America's Mental Health First Responders? It's Not the Story You Think
policing
mental illness
police history
crisis response
Does De-Escalation Training Actually Reduce Police Use of Force? New Research Reveals a Critical Gap
policing
de-escalation
training
use of force
New teaching hack unlocked?
Teaching
Looking Back on My Peer Reviews III
Peer Review
Police Killings Still Trending Upward post-Floyd
Police
Crime
Violence
Deadly force
Responding to Kang-Brown (again)
Open science
Police
Crime
Violence
Reflecting on My Promotion!
Academia
Data
Police
Teaching
Update on the Historical OIS Data I've Been Pulling Together
Open science
Data
Police
Officer-involved shootings
Our Correction for "When Police Pull Back"
Open science
Police
Crime
George Floyd
A Modified Definition of Police Violence
Police
Deadly Force
Office-involved shootings
Looking Back on My Peer Reviews for 2023
Peer Review
Are fatal police shootings increasing?
Police
Offier-involved shootings
Where are they now?
Peer Review
Looking Back on My Peer Reviews for 2022
Peer Review
Crime Trends: Is this a Pattern or a Blip?
Crime
Data visualization
Stata
Doing a Quick Literature Review
Teaching
Lit Reviews
Reflecting on My Decision to Post Slides for My Class
Teaching
Another Post about Police Shooting Data
Officer-involved shootings
Police
Race
Waiting on the Peer Review Process
publishing
peer review
Police Support for/Opposition to Various Reforms
Police
Survey
Reform
My Review History
Measurement matters: Attitudinal v. behavioral survey questions
Police
Survey
Organizational justice
Procedural justice
NYC Shootings, Revisited
Police
Gun violence
LEADS
COVID-19
No Significant Decline in NYC Shootings Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Police
Gun violence
LEADS
COVID-19