In this text, author Scott Menard provides coverage of not only the basic logistic regression
model but also advanced topics found in no other logistic regression text. The book keeps …

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of crime-related media consumption on
individuals' opinions of the police. Using a statewide survey of 4245 California residents …

Prior research has consistently documented that the vast majority of sexual assault cases do
not progress through the criminal justice system. However, there is less agreement in prior …

The use of deadly force is the most extreme form of coercive behaviour available to police
officers. In this study, we examine organisational and structural predictors of police use of …

The legalization of recreational cannabis in Washington state (I-502) and Colorado (A-64)
created a natural experiment with ancillary unknowns. Of these unknowns, one of the more …

Abstract Since Louis Thurstone, there have been nearly 100 years of attempts to compare
and evaluate the severities of different crime types. Further research has been recently …

When applied to homicide clearance by arrest, the victim-devaluing perspective posits that
police favor higher—social status victims by allocating greater investigative effort to their …

Purpose Scholars suggest that clearance rates reflect (a) the solvability of cases
(Gottfredson & Hindelang, 1979; Roberts, 2007), and/or (b) the populations that the police …

This study presents novel insights into the effects of police facial recognition applications on
violent crime and arrest dynamics across 268 US cities from 1997 to 2020. We conducted …

Abstract Research Summary As a policy response to historically strained police–minority
community relations, police diversification is hoped to improve policing outcomes in minority …