We examine how changes in the salience of workplace risk affect police behavior and public
safety. Specifically, we investigate cases of police officer deaths while on duty. Officers …

This study explores the impact of police use of force on civilian interactions with the police,
focussing on neighbourhoods with different ethnic compositions across London. Analysing …

Purpose This study aims to analyze the impact of the virality of legal cases on social media
on law enforcement. This research also aims to find a balance between virality and the value …

Given the use of an individual's arrest history for many economic and social outcomes,
reducing conviction‐less arrests (arrests that result in no charges or where the defendant is …

We analyze the expressive content of government action, focusing on Istanbul Convention,
an international treaty aimed at protecting women against violence, signed and ratified by 39 …

This study investigates the relationship between temperature variations, crime and policing
in the UK. Using geocoded administrative data on reported crime, stops and searches and …

Increasing criminal enforcement can improve public safety by deterring or incapacitating
offenders, but it may also alter community engagement with law enforcement. If victims fear …

I develop and apply a new test for a consequential but overlooked form of racial
discrimination: by police detectives against victims of crime. I test whether detectives display …

This paper studies the role of first-line police supervisors—sergeants—in the enforcement
decisions of their officers. I leverage a unique institutional setting where officers switch …

Over the past decade, policing has come under increased scrutiny—with an added focus on
the implications of waning police legitimacy among the public. A recent examination of …