Police-community Relations

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

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Center on Quality Policing Promotes Efficiency, Effectiveness in Local Police Agencies

The RAND Center on Quality Policing provides research and analysis on contemporary police practice and policy. The Center's work helps law enforcement agencies across the U.S. make better operational decisions and consistently perform at their best.

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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