Policing: An International Journal: Volume 45 Issue 4

Guest editorial: Policing in the aftermath of the 2020 protests: Lessons learned and evolving strategies for reform

Richard C. Helfers, Delores Jones-Brown, Lorenzo M. Boyd

Accountability in the aftermath of police related deaths in the US and England and Wales: processes and outcomes

David Baker

The article examines the apparent absence of accountability in the aftermath of police related deaths (PRDs) in the US and England and Wales. It considers regulatory mechanisms…

Race, police stops, and perceptions of anti-Black police discrimination in Toronto, Canada over a quarter century

Scot Wortley, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah

Black Canadians have a historically tenuous relationship with the police. Negative perceptions of the police held by Black people have traditionally resulted from high levels of…

Criticism does not constrain: testing for evidence of de-policing following the murder of George Floyd

Wendy M. Koslicki

Following the shooting of Michael Brown, much scholarly attention has been paid to the so-called “Ferguson effect” resulting from rhetoric that public scrutiny of the police will…

Progressive or problematic? A comparative analysis of media depictions of demands to defund the police

Miltonette Olivia Craig, Jonathan C. Reid

The current study examines the media's depiction of demands to defund the police. Although this call to action has been a part of the public discourse for decades, the call has…

But did they get it “right”? Deadly force, body-worn camera footage, and hindsight bias

Sean Patrick Roche, Danielle M. Fenimore, Paul Taylor

American police agencies' swift adoption of body-worn camera (BWC) technology, coupled with the ubiquity of smartphones and social media, has led to a “new visibility” of…

Investigating the prevalence and utility of police body-worn cameras in the George Floyd protests

Janne E. Gaub, Michael White, Aili Malm, Seth Watts, Katharine Leigh Brown

Unlike protests against police brutality in the past (2014 and earlier), police officers responding to First Amendment-protected demonstrations in summer 2020 likely were wearing…

The plurality of police oversight: a method for building upon lessons learned for understanding an evolving strategy

Kevin G. Karpiak, Sameena Mulla, Ramona L. Pérez

The purpose of this article is to describe an innovative research methods framework designed to address some of the persistent challenges to a social scientific understanding of…

Officer-involved deaths and the duty to intervene: assessing the impact of DTI policy in New York City, 2000–2019

Akiv J. Dawson, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Guy Hodge II

In the current study, the authors explore changes in multiple police officer-involved deaths (MOIDs) and on changes in the racial makeup of MOID victims in different stages of…

Finding good cops: the foundations of a screen-in (not out) hiring process for police

Brice Terpstra, Michael D. White, Henry F. Fradella

The purpose of this study is to outline components of a proposed screen-in (not out) hiring process for police.