Just about everyone seems to have views about language. Language attitudes and
language ideologies permeate our daily lives. Our competence, intelligence, friendliness …

Across the United States, police chiefs, city officials, and community leaders alike have
highlighted the need to de-escalate police encounters with the public. This concern about …

This chapter spotlights communication accommodation theory (CAT: see Giles, Coupland, &
Coupland, 1991)–a longstanding framework (Gallois, Ogay, & Giles, 2005; Giles, 1973) that …

Research shows that perceptions of procedural justice influence people's trust, confidence,
and obligation to obey law and legal authorities as well as their willingness to cooperate …

Communication between police and community is an inevitable part of policing. Core
narratives—subjective, internal, sense-making processes that can shape behavior—that …

Although the study of police–civilian relations has recently entered the intergroup
communication arena, there are no studies of actual interactions between these social …

Following previous research on traffic stops involving police officers with African American
and White drivers, a content analysis of 69 recorded stops was conducted in a very different …

This volume is devoted to the fascinating topic of social communication-fascinating because
communication is ubiquitous, in that one cannot not communicate. And yet, the art of …

Police reform movements often focus on improving relationships between police and the
public. These relationships are a primary focus of community policing and procedural …

This paper examines how US adults define police use-of-force and what these
understandings of police violence mean for police–civilian interactions. Our findings show …