Ferguson Effect

We discuss how I got into academia, as well as my research on police legitimacy, organizational justice, the Ferguson Effect, and officer decision-making.

Police resignations - but not retirements or involuntary separations - spiked significantly in a large western department following the George Floyd protests.

We argue that Denver’s 2020 crime spike was likely the result of a police legitimacy crisis.

Like patrol officers, police managers report less motivation and job satisfaction since Ferguson

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A survey of over 200 command-level cops in a southeastern state indicates they believe a *war on cops* has resulted in de-policing

We find no evidence for a _war on cops_, as measured by officers murdered in the line of duty from 2010 to 2016.

Police perceive the media as hostile toward them, and it increases their fear of false allegations

Negative publicity in the previous 6 months was associated with lower self-legitimacy in a sample of sheriff's deputies.

Organizational justice appears to shield police officers from the so-called Ferguson Effect.