Policing and punishment are unevenly distributed across geographic space. Research
analyzing place-based variation in the criminal legal system is increasing, asking how …

In the 50 years since its inception, racial threat theory has gained substantial traction across
the social sciences and been widely embraced by scholars studying race, power structures …

Purpose Promote the use of multilevel modeling to refine theories of police discretion.
Specifically, examine the simultaneous influence of situational factors, responding officers …

Objectives Because of the merging of immigration control and criminal justice, or
“crimmigration,” state and local police increasingly drive interior immigration enforcement …

Questions surrounding stop, question, and frisk (SQF) practices have focused almost
exclusively on racial and ethnic disproportionality in the rate of stops, and whether police are …

" Recommendation 4.5: The Federal Bureau of Investigation should be directed to collect,
compile and make available publicly statistics and information regarding assaults on and …

What accounts for the steady decline in misdemeanour arrest rates in the United States
following their peak in the mid-1990s? This article links the fluctuation in low-level law …

Extreme land abandonment is one of the most visible expressions of urban decline.
Conventional theory emphasizes housing lifecycle processes, municipal fiscal challenges …

Every year, the US government detains thousands of noncitizens in removal proceedings on
the basis that they might pose a threat to public safety if released during the pendency of …

Purpose This study returns to one of the first operational aspects of policing ever studied–
response time. After years of technological and analytical advancements, we examine the …