Our paper reports on a systematic review of crime concentration studies over the last 35
years. We identify 47 papers that report on crime concentrations at a micro geographic unit …

Background Police‐initiated pedestrian stops have been one of the most widely used crime
prevention tactics in modern policing. Proponents have long considered police stops to be …

Objectives Broken windows theory identifies community social control as a central
mechanism for controlling crime. In turn, controlling disorder is seen as the primary method …

Recent polls reveal a complex picture of policing attitudes in Black America. Although most
Black Americans are afraid of the police, most also prefer to maintain (or increase) local …

This article reviews the contributions of social/organizational psychology to social reform in
the area of law and legal institutions. Social/organizational psychology provides theoretical …

Can training police officers on how to best interact with the public actually improve their
interactions with community members? This has been a challenging question to answer …

Objectives: The police killing of George Floyd energized the Black Lives Matter (BLM) social
movement across the United States in the summer of 2020. We test the impact on public …

Abstract Research Summary Gun violence was declared a “public health crisis” after
shootings increased in many US cities during the course of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The …

This Element presents the history, research, and future potential for an alternative and
effective model of policing called'legitimacy-based policing'. This model is driven by social …

Evidence on how hot spot policing affects community members' views of police is very
limited and inconclusive. Scholars have thus called for further study of community attitudes …