Public opinion toward diverse types of police reform post-2020: The impact of perceptions, experiences, and racial resentment

C Mancini, C Metcalfe, RB Lehmann - Crime & Delinquency, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Prior scholarship has tapped public preferences toward policing policy. Still, there is a need
to continue to monitor public opinion given recent events. Post George Floyd, several …

The “Reasonableness Divide”: Comparing Community Members' Assessments of Force Reasonableness to Legal Standards

DA Richardson, LA Fridell - Justice Quarterly, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Headlines frequently call attention to the frustrations that many in the community express
when members of law enforcement use force. Some believe that the police frequently use …

Justifiability and culpability in lethal self-defense: Police officers vs. civilians

CJ Marier - Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Some critics argue that legal standards, even when and where equivalent, are
differentially applied to officers and civilians. This study examined evaluations of justifiability …

Police Use of Deadly Force in Serbia: The Police Officers' Perception

V Turanjanin, B Otašević, B Janković - Sage Open, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of deadly force in the Republic of Serbia is regulated by the Law on Police and the
Rulebook on Police Powers. Empirical research on the use of deadly force or on refraining …

Did California Act to Save Lives? AB 392 and fatal officer-involved shootings

ZA Powell - Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 2023 - academic.oup.com
American police face considerable criticism from the public about the perceived
unnecessary and excessive use of deadly force in civilian interactions. Police reform …