The police are the initial faces of law enforcement and commence the criminal justice
process and thus hold significant responsibility for functioning law and order. As key …

This paper argues that the current focus of policing on problem officers is too narrow, both
conceptually and in terms of how they are operationalized in the research literature, and …

Intersectional approaches to sentencing move beyond simply predicting disparities to
consider the ways in which social characteristics such as gender, age, race, ethnicity, and …

In response to high-profile cases of police misconduct, reformers are calling for greater use
of civilian allegations in identifying potential problem officers. This paper applies an …

Police sexual misconduct is often considered a hidden crime that routinely goes unreported.
The current study provides empirical data on cases of sex-related police crime at law …

Female representation in policing has stagnated over the past three decades, even with
repeated calls for diversification. One explanation for this is that agency attempts to diversify …

The cause (s) of reduced use of force and complaints following police body-worn camera
(BWC) deployment remain unclear, though some argue that BWCs generate a civilizing …

Background Opioid use has emerged as a significant public health crisis in cities across the
United States. In Arizona, opioid overdose deaths increased by 65% from 2016 to 2018 …

In No place on the Corner, Haldipur traces the experiences of southwest Bronx community
residents living under New York's infamously aggressive police regime. This work provides …

Police officers have a continuum of force options available to them, but, without question, the
most extreme of these options is deadly force. Recent officer-involved shootings in the …