The resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the killings of George
Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black individuals during the summer of 2020 was …

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 …

High-profile cases of police violence—disproportionately experienced by black men—may
present a serious threat to public safety if they lower citizen crime reporting. Using an …

We extend existing research on police use of coercive mechanisms of social control against
racial/ethnic minority populations by testing three structural hypotheses regarding excessive …

How does the race of protesters affect how police respond to protest events? Drawing on the
protest policing literature and on theories of race and ethnic relations, we explore the idea …

A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist WEB Du Bois asserted that a true
understanding of African American offending must be grounded in the" real conditions" of …

This study extends the dominant Black–White paradigm in assessing public perceptions of
the police by including Hispanic and Asian Americans. Relying on a large random sample of …

Today, the ubiquity of cameraphones and online social media's contributions to
sociopolitical discourses on policing have exponentially increased the public's exposure to …

The police are empowered to use various forms of coercion to accomplish legitimate duties,
but they also may employ them gratuitously in violation of law or departmental policy. These …

Criminal Justice Ethics examines the criminal justice system through an ethical lens by
identifying ethical issues in practice and theory, exploring ethical dilemmas, and offering …