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Darrel Stephens: An American Police Leader with Vision
Darrel Stephens came into prominence in the 1980s as an American Police leader with vision. He attained chief executive positions in significant...
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Beyond police apologies: Concrete plans of action increase the public’s willingness to cooperate with police
ObjectiveThis experimental study examined if people are more willing to cooperate with police after police apologize and provide a plan of action to...
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The Tier One Transformation: Exploring the Convergence of the Material and Cultural Indicators of Police Militarization Between Special Forces Units and Police Tactical Units
The proliferation and deployment of police tactical units is an emerging issue in the broader sociopolitical discussion surrounding police reform in...
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Immigration and Police Perceptions of a “War on Police” in a U.S.–Mexico Border Town
High-profile cases of police use of force against civilians have increased public scrutiny of police. The increased media attention and resulting...
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Predicting Police Integrity: An Application of Support Vector Machines (SVM) to the Police Integrity Instrument
Research using the 11-scenario police integrity instrument designed by Klockars et al. document a range of factors influencing the willingness to...
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Public perceptions of courts and cooperation with police
The police depend upon public cooperation to effectively control crime. Understanding factors that impact people’s willingness to cooperate with the...
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Regional Differences in the Perception of American Adolescents on Police Objectivity and Fairness
Ethnicity influences perceptions of the fairness and legality of police actions. However, most studies focused on Black and White individuals with...
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Do police stations deter crime?
PurposeThe introduction of community policing led to a significant increase in the number of police stations, particularly in urban settings. Police...
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The dynamics of criminal cooperation between the police and gangs in Honduras
Since the mid-1990s, Latin American countries have witnessed an increase in crime and violence, making it one of the most dangerous regions in the...
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Does Procedural Justice Moderate the Effect of Collective Efficacy on Police Legitimacy?
Research suggests perceptions of neighborhood social dynamics and judgments that the police follow fair procedures are strongly correlated with...
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Do police videos impact youths’ willingness to cooperate with the police? Results from a national experiment
ObjectiveTest how virtual, vicarious exposure to a procedurally just versus unjust police traffic stop impacts youths’ perceptions of police...
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Experiment on camera perspective bias in videos of police-citizen encounters
ObjectivesThis study tested camera perspective bias in evaluating a video-recorded police and citizen interaction.
MethodsUsing professional actors,...
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Police and State Crime in the Americas Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives
This book advances a much-needed “postcolonial” framework in analyzing the police. It seeks to deepen our understanding of the police role in...
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“In Police We Trust?”—Confidence in the Police Among Adolescents With and Without a Migration Background in Germany
Overall, adolescents exhibit a high level of confidence in the police. Nevertheless, it is problematic when certain social groups show lower levels...
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The Law as a Necropolitical Tool: A Genealogy of Police Violence in Brazil
This article explores the necropolitical foundations of police violence in Brazil via a genealogical approach of analysis of criminal codes, creation...
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Aggressive policing and undermined legitimacy: assessing the impact of police stops at gunpoint on perceptions of police in São Paulo, Brazil
ObjectivesTest the effects of a recent police stop and a recent police stop at gunpoint on changes in attitudes towards the police among residents of...
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Does the public want the police to stop, stop**? An experimental look at the impact of outcome data on public perceptions of police discretionary traffic stops
ObjectivesTo assess whether data on traffic stop outcomes causally impacts public approval of discretionary traffic stops as a crime control strategy.
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Democratic Policing, Building Trust, and Willingness to Call 911: Examining the Relationship between Law Enforcement Legitimacy and Calling the Police
Recent debates over policing have centered on the proper role of policing in society. Using the lenses of democratic policing and police legitimacy,...
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Taser Use in Scotland: a Qualitative Study of Police Officer and Community Perspectives
This study delves into police and public views on Taser deployment in Scotland, coinciding with its most significant introduction. Using...
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The Spatial Dimension of Police Legitimacy: An Exploration of Two Pacific Island States
The police legitimacy literature is grounded predominantly in studies from the Global North. In these contexts, technology and economic resources...