Advancing police use of force research and practice: urgent issues and prospects

C Bennell, G Alpert, JP Andersen… - Legal and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Leading police scholars and practitioners were asked to reflect on the most urgent issues
that need to be addressed on the topic of use of force. Four themes emerged from their …

Can police de-escalation training reduce use of force and citizen injury without compromising officer safety?

MD White, C Orosco, S Watts - Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2023 - Springer
Objectives We test the impact of de-escalation training on the behavior of officers in the
Tempe (AZ) Police Department. Methods The training was delivered via a squad-based …

Reckoning with racialized police violence: The role of IO psychology

LY Dhanani, CW Wiese, K Beckles - Industrial and Organizational …, 2022 - cambridge.org
The country has been gripped by the events that have unfolded in the wake of the police
killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. In response to these new examples of long …

Moving the needle: can training alter officer perceptions and use of de-escalation?

M D. White, VJ Mora, C Orosco… - Policing: An International …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose De-escalation training for police has received widespread attention as a method for
reducing unnecessary and excessive use of force. There is virtually no research on de …

Narcan cops: officer perceptions of opioid use and willingness to carry naloxone

MD White, D Perrone, A Malm, S Watts - Journal of criminal Justice, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Accountability and police use of force: Interactive effects between minority representation and civilian review boards

AM Headley - Public Management Review, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT I assess a contingency model of representative bureaucracy, suggesting the
effect of minority representation, if any, on police use of force is likely to be stronger with …

Applying video-based systematic social observation to police use of force encounters: An assessment of de-escalation and escalation within the context of …

W Terrill, L Zimmerman, LJ Somers - Justice Quarterly, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Although researchers have generated many studies related to police use of force, with an
increasing focus on de-escalation, none have sought to systematically assess escalation …

Beyond force and injuries: Examining alternative (and important) outcomes for police De-escalation training

MD White, C Orosco, S Watts - Journal of Criminal Justice, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose The evidence on de-escalation training is limited and has focused almost
exclusively on use of force as the primary outcome. We evaluate a de-escalation training …

Female officers in use-of-force encounters: An examination of potential correlates

HM Boehme, C Metcalfe, RJ Kaminski - Police Quarterly, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
With the changing landscape of women in policing, the representation of female police
officers has increased. However, there is limited understanding of how these encounters …

A Comparison of Police Use of Force by Male and Female Officers in Canada: Rates, Modalities, Effectiveness, and Injuries

J Sheppard, AJ Khanizadeh… - Criminal Justice and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Research has reported inconsistent findings with respect to how female and male police
officers use force. This study examined this issue in a Canadian context. Use of force data …