04/01/20-Eurasia Review “Although we didn’t find strong evidence of de-policing following Ferguson, our results indicate that low morale is associated with reduced police activity by officers,” Lorie Fridell, CJRA Expert.
The Ferguson Effect is the idea that increased public criticism and distrust of police following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, lowered police moral, which caused officers to withdraw from proactive policing and boosted the crime rate in major U.S. cities. A new longitudinal study examined whether this effect was real. The […]
03/31/20-The Crime Report “Most officers felt victimized by the media well before the nationally televised news of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and other police-related deaths,” Lorie Fridell, CJRA Expert.
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03/29/20-Baltimore Sun “We all should be on high alert for these types of situations,” Laura Dugan, CJRA Expert.
03/16/20-The Crime Report “Many in the criminal justice research community have heard of an alarming decline in the number of BJS staff as a consequence of hiring freezes, staff attrition, and failure to replace departing staff and experts,” Crime and Justice Research Alliance.
03/13/20-The Crime Report “We find no relationship between SB54’s enactment and violent crime in California,” Charis E. Kubrin, CJRA Expert.
03/09/20-The Appeal “There’s a lot of research that shows that students of color are more likely to be targeted by teachers, principals and police officers in schools. … Kids who experience harsher treatment in schools are more likely to be funneled into the criminal justice system as they get older,” Kelly Welch, CJRA Expert.
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02/20/20-The Appeal “Bloomberg was attacked on issues that were easy to attack him on,” Howard Henderson, CJRA Expert.