Race

I’ve been screaming this into the void on Twitter lately so I figured I’d pull all my thoughts together in a blog post. On January 12th, ABC News published a story claiming that fatal police shootings had declined 13% in 2021 “amid calls for reform on use of force.” The story also claimed that Florida saw the biggest decrease in shootings (from 93 to 44).1 At that time, The Washington Post’s (WAPO) database was showing 888 fatal police shootings.

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

At the 2021 ASC Conference, I was a guest on Ep. 42 of Jerry Ratcliffe's Reducing Crime Podcast

We compile nonfatal police shooting data from four states and find that some racial disparities are larger than previously thought.

A roundtable about disparities in policing and how to address them. With Sadaf Hashimi, Tracie Keesee, and Seth Stoughton (moderated by Walter Katz). Click on the Video button above to watch.

Correcting 91 misclassified incidents renders Bor et al.’s (2018) key finding non-significant.

A discussion about the function of police, the role of police oversight, and various reforms that have been suggested.

A discussion about reimagining policing in America.

I was invited to write a formal comment on a recent analysis of fatal police shootings in US MSAs.

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