Police-community Relations

Research conducted by: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; Safety and Justice Program; Center on Quality Policing

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Journal Articles (5)

Doubly Robust Internal Benchmarking and False Discovery Rates for Detecting Racial Bias in Police Stops — Aug 19, 2009

Presents a statistical method to flag police officers who may potentially exhibit racial bias when making pedestrian stops.

The Influence of Race in Police-Civilian Interactions: A Videotape Analysis — Sep 30, 2008

A study of several hundred randomly sampled video recordings from police cars on traffic stops in Cincinnati, Ohio revealed key differences in interactions between officers and suspects depending on their race.

A Measurement Model Approach to Estimating Community Policing Implementation — Jan 1, 2004

This study developed and assessed a measurement model to examine the implementation of community policing (COP).

Interactive Police-Citizen Encounters That Result in Force — Jan 1, 2004

The behavior of officers and suspects during encounters is influenced by the actions, comments, and demeanor of the other actor.

Police Use of Force: An Analysis of Organizational Characteristics — Jan 1, 2001

Police use of force has become an important public policy concern and topic of research during the past few years.

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