Overall, there remains substantial uncertainty about whether BWCs can reduce officer use of
force, but the variation in effects suggests there may be conditions in which BWC could be …

The protests following the killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 led to contentious
discussions and debates in many cities about policing, with some calling to “defund the …

We examine whether police resignations and retirements significantly changed in the two
years following public backlash related to the police murder of George Floyd. We employ …

We systematically review the effectiveness of police presence. In doing so, we investigate
concepts of police presence and differences between reported effects. Using the Preferred …

The efficiency of any police action depends on the relative magnitude of its crime-reducing
benefits and legitimacy costs. Policing strategies that are socially efficient at the city level …

We report the results of the only multi-wave survey of a large and geographically diverse
sample of police agencies across the United States to understand the immediate impacts of …

Objective This study examined the impact of COVID-19 on police reactive and proactive
activities in Houston, Texas. Seven types of police officer reactivity and three distinct …

In Britain, perhaps more than most countries, the police service forms part of the historical
landscape, and the police officer is elevated to the status of national symbol and is a …

In an address to the National Police Foundation1 in 1998, Lawrence Sherman was likely the
first to articulate the principles of evidence-based policing. He asserted that “police practices …

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 …