lack of confidence in the police and fear they might be asked about their immigration status or that of relatives and … the cooperation of local law enforcement with federal immigration authorities, affect domestic homicide rates – a crime … laws in place. These findings are suggestive of the important role of policies that increase community trust in the police …

This paper uses a natural experiment to identify the impact of a judicial system reform on police behavior. The study … adolescents in most misdemeanor crimes decreased due to a change in police behavior. The magnitude of this effect ranged between 0 … disciplinary sanctions led police officials to reduce arrest rates. Nonetheless, police forces learned gradually how to operate …

In response to high-profile cases of police misconduct, reformers are calling for greater use of civilian allegations …

to these policing regimes in smaller areas. In these places, where relationships between citizens, courts and police are … City. We analyze rich and detailed panel data from both places on police stops, citations, warrants, arrests, court …

create the very first police department, the phrase that the ‘police are the public, and the public are the police' was …. Unwittingly perhaps, this set the stage for efforts to create modern day police departments that are inclusive of the general … countries, the need to recruit a more ethnically and racially diverse police service has been a pressing concern for several …

. Has police behavior changed? Or is society responding differently? Traditional data sources struggle with this question … explanations. We argue that, in our sample, police behavior is not getting worse; rather, societal responses to policing harms are … intensifying. Police litigation is not representative of the broader universe of claims and adjudicated claims also differ …

getting too many fines, police cite White drivers from whom they are presumably more likely to be able to raise the needed …