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 …
At the 2021 ASC Conference, I was a guest on Ep. 42 of Jerry Ratcliffe's Reducing Crime Podcast
Our survey experiment suggests the wording of questions about police fairness matters.
**Research Summary**: We administered a survey experiment to a national sample of 1,068 US adults in April 2020 to determine the factors that shape support for various policing tactics in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Respondents were sharply …
Body-worn cameras (BWC) have diffused rapidly throughout policing as a means of promoting transparency and accountability. Yet, whether to release BWC footage to the public remains largely up to the discretion of police executives, and we know little …
Published Open Access in Journal of Experimental Criminology.
Three experiments showed that citizen demeanor affects officers’ emotions and cognitions, independent of compliance
We revisit classic literature regarding the effects of citizen demeanor on police attitudes and behaviors
Experiments with officers from two agencies showed citizen demeanor affects their willingness to exercise procedural justice