Police

Considering Violence Against Police by Citizen Race/Ethnicity to Contextualize Representation in Officer-Involved Shootings

We use data on violence against police as a benchmark to understand racial disparities in OIS

Now in print: Three experiments concerned with the Demeanor Hypothesis

Published Open Access in Journal of Experimental Criminology.

Predictors of Body-Worn Camera Diffusion amidst the Push for Greater Transparency in 21st Century Policing in the United States

At the 2019 ASC Conference, I present findings from research with Natalie Todak and Brandon Tregle on BWCs and police transparency.

LEADS at IACP Conference in Chicago

A quick reflection on my experience.

New research: Are domestic disturbances really more dangerous for responding officers?

Forthcoming at _JQ_.

New research: Police perceptions of their audience legitimacy

Forthcoming at _JRCD_.

Crowdsourced police shooting data: What we know and what we're missing

At the 2019 ASA Conference, Geoff Alpert and I discuss how misleading analyses of strictly fatal OIS can be.

That new study in PNAS on fatal officer-involved shootings

My thoughts after reading.

Compliance, Noncompliance, and the In-between: Causal Effects of Civilian Demeanor on Police Officers’ Cognitions and Emotions

Three experiments showed that citizen demeanor affects officers’ emotions and cognitions, independent of compliance

The problems with OIS data that only capture fatalities

Any time an officer purposely discharges his/her firearm at someone, deadly force has been used.