The process-based model dominates contemporary American research on police-
community relations and perceptions of police. A sizable literature has examined the …

Although a growing body of research suggests that the constabularization of the military for
domestic policing is counterproductive, this increasingly prevalent policy has nonetheless …

The literature on perceptions of police is growing, yet the enthusiasm is outpacing
methodological rigor. This study (a) examined the factor structure of items assessing …

Purpose Prior literature has examined police militarization by operationalizing the materiel
dimension using the 1033 Program–a US military surplus transfer program–and assessing …

Purpose A number of high-profile killings of police officers has occurred throughout the
United States since 2014. These killings have led some police executives, politicians, and …

Objectives: To assess whether the relationship between legitimacy and police
empowerment is sensitive to the operationalization of legitimacy, and whether the effects of …

Researchers have investigated the underlying mechanisms and consequences of
militarization in law enforcement agencies for decades, yet there is no agreed-upon …

For five decades, law enforcement agencies have developed specialized units, such as
Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, for dealing with dangerous situations. In …

This article seeks to test the police 'empowerment hypothesis' to better understand public
support for police powers during the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, we draw on Australian …

To examine if police expressions of solidary with protesters improve public opinion toward
the police, we embedded a picture-and information-based experiment in a YouGov survey …