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Police Use of Force: Tales from Another City

Journal

Journal of Crime and Justice

Date Published

November 2011

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Influence of Organizational Climate on Detention Officers' Readiness to Use Force in a County Jail

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

1999

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Pepper Spray: A Safe and Reasonable Response to Suspect Verbal Resistance

Journal

Policing

Date Published

2000

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Toward the Uniform Reporting of Police Use of Force: Results of a National Survey

Journal

Criminal Justice Review

Date Published

1995

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Injuries to Officers and Suspects in Police Use-of-Force Cases: A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation

Journal

Police Quarterly

Date Published

2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Police Officers' Perceptual Distortions During Lethal Force Situations: Informing the Reasonableness Standard

Journal

Criminology & Public Policy

Date Published

February 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Violent Police-citizen Encounter

Journal

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Date Published

1980

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examining Less Lethal Force Policy and the Force Continuum: Results From a National Use-of-Force Study

Journal

Police Quarterly

Date Published

March 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Less Lethal Force Policy and Police Officer Perceptions: A Multisite Examination

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

October 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis, Program/Project Evaluation

Maryland Uses Managed Approach to Making Cellphone Service in Prisons "Disappear"

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

February 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

New Position on Positional Asphyxia

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

1998

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Description

Results From Experimental Trials Testing Participant Responses to White, Hispanic and Black Suspects in High-Fidelity Deadly Force Judgment and Decision-Making Simulations

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Date Published

June 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examining the Sustainability of Pattern or Practice Police Misconduct Reform

Journal

Police Quarterly

Date Published

June 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

National Data on Citizen Complaints About Police Use of Force: Data Quality Concerns and the Potential (Mis)Use of Statistical Evidence To Address Police Agency Conduct

Journal

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Date Published

July 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Citizen Complaints as Threats to Police Legitimacy: The Role of Officers' Occupational Attitudes

Journal

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Date Published

February 2015

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Officer Behavior in Police-Citizen Encounters: A Descriptive Model and Implications for Less-Than-Lethal Alternatives

Date Published

September 1996

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Research on Body Worn Cameras: Meeting the Challenges of Police Operations, Program Implementation, and Randomized Controlled Trial Designs

Journal

Police Quarterly

Date Published

July 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Citizen Complaints Against the Police: An Eight City Examination

Journal

Police Quarterly

Date Published

June 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Relationship Between Self-Control and Police Misconduct: A Multi-Agency Study of First-Line Police Supervisors

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

July 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Body-Worn Cameras and Citizen Interactions With Police Officers: Estimating Plausible Effects Given Varying Compliance Levels

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Early Intervention System Secures Data, Boosts Efficiency

Date Published

August 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Residency Restrictions and Sex Offender Recidivism: Implications for Public Safety

Journal

Geography & Public Safety

Date Published

May 2009

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Mental Illness, Police Use of Force, and Citizen Injury

Journal

Police Quarterly

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Police Use of Less Lethal Force: Does Administrative Policy Matter?

Journal

Justice Quarterly

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Officer-Worn Cameras Expand Point of View

Journal

Techbeat

Date Published

October 2010

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview