Over the past 50 years, researchers in the United States and abroad have debated the
inherent inequities within justice systems that contribute to the underreporting of crime to the …

Objectives Test the asymmetry thesis of police-citizen contact that police trustworthiness and
legitimacy are affected more by negative than by positive experiences of interactions with …

Research has shown that police attendance and the corresponding threat of criminal
charges are major deterrents to people seeking emergency medical assistance in the event …

Police departments around the world have been experimenting with forms of place-based
data-driven proactive policing for over two decades. Modern incarnations of such systems …

Introduction Definitions regarding defunding or abolishing the police are highly contested in
the United States. Moreover, adolescents' definitions and how socialization processes …

Using data from the Area‐Identified National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), we provide
a national assessment of the impact of neighborhood immigrant concentration on whether …

Sexual assaults are underreported to the police, even though this crime affects one in four
college women. Using a vignette design, this study fills a gap in the literature by examining …

Objectives: Crime reporting intentions have been associated with ratings of police legitimacy
and effectiveness. Less is known about the role of personal encounters with police. We …

Proponents of police use of stop and search powers argue that they are essential to prevent
crime and improve public safety. However, there is increasing evidence that stop and search …

This study uses an intersectional approach to examine the “paradox” that disadvantaged
victims often mobilize the police, despite their distrust and lack of confidence in the law. Data …