An estimated 61.5 million Americans encounter police annually and more than one million
are threatened or subjected to police use of force during these encounters. Much research …

An important body of work documents how race matters for the patterning of crime and
criminal legal system involvement largely by focusing on comparisons between Blacks and …

Objectives. To estimate the risk of mortality from police homicide by race/ethnicity and place
in the United States. Methods. We used novel data on police-involved fatalities and …

In response to police‐involved homicides of black citizens in Ferguson, Missouri, and
elsewhere, some have suggested that more black police officers could reduce the number of …

Black civilians are more likely to be stopped by police than white civilians net of relevant
factors. Less is known about whether or not racial inequalities exist in police use of force …

Trauma-informed care is a service provision model used across a range of practice settings.
Drawing on an extensive body of research on trauma (broadly defined as experiences that …

Police violence is a pressing public health problem. To gauge the illness associations of
police killings–the most severe form of police brutality, we compile a unique multilevel …

Racial profiling and the disproportionate use of police force are controversial political issues.
I argue that racial bias in the use of force increases after relevant events such as the …

In spite of long-term declines in the violent victimization of US police officers, the danger of
police work continues to structure police socialization, culture, and behavior. Existing …

The research in representative bureaucracy that examines the extent to which racial
congruence impacts bureaucrats' decisions is mixed. This study adds to this literature by …