Implicit bias

Eyewitness! Principled Policing

A discussion about reimagining policing in America.

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Understanding Police Use of Force

I was a guest on this podcast where we discuss what science tells us about police use of force.

Police Shooting Research and the Conditional Probability Mistake

Yesterday, Andy Wheeler posted a summary of the problems with recent studies about officer-involved shootings, including one my colleagues and I published in February 2017. As usual, Andy’s criticisms were thoughtful and spot on. And I hope I can take him up on that conference beer soon, even though he’s at a new job. That said, I do want to push back just a little about the motivation for our paper.

A Bird’s Eye View of Civilians Killed by Police in 2015: Further Evidence of Implicit Bias

Further analysis of WAPO data - while limited - is suggestive of implicit bias in fatal officer-involved shootings

Review of ‘‘Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship’’

My review of Charles Epp and colleagues’ book on racial disparities in traffic stops