Approximately 1,000 people in the United States were fatally shot by police officers during
2018, and people with mental illness were involved in approximately 25 percent of those …

Research Summary A robust body of research findings has established that policing is a
dangerous profession. Few scholars, however, have investigated the full picture of the …

" Risk terrain modeling (RTM) diagnoses the spatial attractors of criminal behavior and
makes accurate predictions of where crime will occur at the micro-level. This book presents …

Purpose To illuminate how racial disparities in police use of force may arise and to guide
research aimed at explaining such disparities. Methods We draw on research on policing …

Citizens' beliefs that officers are employing unnecessary or excessive levels of force can
quickly erode police legitimacy and can lead to severe consequences including loss of life …

Objectives. In the United States, state firearm ownership has been correlated with homicide
rates. More than 90% of homicides of law enforcement officers (LEOs) are committed with …

Violence against police is a reality for many officers. Despite growing concerns over the rise
in violence against police and the serious individual and societal repercussions associated …

The assault of law enforcement officers is an important but understudied topic. To better
understand this form of violence, this study drew on the National Incident–Based Reporting …

Using data from 464 law enforcement agencies drawn from the Law Enforcement
Administrative and Management Statistics survey, the purpose of this study was to evaluate …

Following recent high-profile deaths of unarmed African American suspects at the hands of
police, a number of reforms have been proposed, among them improved minority …