Research summary Several of the largest US police departments reported a sharp increase
in officer resignations following massive public protests directed at policing in the summer of …

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 …

Purpose We examine correlates of police and prosecutor decision-making in sexual assault
cases and assess the focal concerns theory's ability to explain decisions to arrest and …

Police organisations have a wealth of experience in responding to emergencies, but COVID-
19 is unprecedented in terms of the speed, scale and complexity of developing doctrine and …

Police use of force has been the focus of a number of external assessments of the
occupation for over 50 years. Recent concerns have, once again, prompted calls for …

Abstract Objectives Questionable research practices (QRPs) lead to incorrect research
results and contribute to irreproducibility in science. Researchers and institutions have …

Policing research and use of force policies have been guided by the continuum model for
the past several decades. The continuum specifies a relationship between the amount of …

Occupational stress influences many aspects of policing and can contribute to unacceptable
attitudes and behaviors among law enforcement officers. Specifically, officers with greater …

Objectives: Judgments about police procedural fairness consistently have a stronger
influence on how the public ascribes legitimacy to the police than evaluations of police …

Purpose Despite a common conceptual root, research applying legitimacy theory addresses
any number of more or less distinct behaviours, attitudes, and processes. Although this …