{"title":"Racial reckoning protests, the Capitol insurrection, and asymmetric social facts: A mixed-methods study of public opinion","authors":"Christopher Thomas","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09607-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09607-4","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Objectives</h3><p>To test whether news images from George Floyd protests and the Capitol insurrection affected feelings about the police differentially depending on respondents’ primary news environment.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>This mixed-methods explanatory study combines national digital survey experiments and structural topic modeling of open-ended questions. Survey experiments were conducted on 990 respondents in June 2020 and 1,174 respondents in January 2021, at the heights of the events.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Respondents who get their news primarily from conservative sources had substantially warmer feelings about the police after seeing Floyd protest images but not after seeing Capitol insurrection images. Topic modeling and qualitative analysis suggest this group distinctively perceived Floyd protesters as “looters” and “rioters,” discussing the Floyd protests but not the insurrection in terms of racialized chaos and anxiety.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Findings suggest asymmetric affective dynamics driven by the racialized anxiety of consumers of mainly conservative news when seeing images of racial justice protests.</p>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139510534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ryan Bagwell, Wanda E. Leal, Shouraseni Sen Roy, Hayley Flanagan, Lucas Britton, Alex R. Piquero, Kristina Block
{"title":"The geospatial patterning of crimes against persons calls for service on days with and without San Antonio Spurs games","authors":"Ryan Bagwell, Wanda E. Leal, Shouraseni Sen Roy, Hayley Flanagan, Lucas Britton, Alex R. Piquero, Kristina Block","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09605-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09605-6","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Abstract</h3><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Objectives</h3><p>Examine how crimes against person (CAP) calls are spatially patterned around the Spurs’ arena and city. Using data from 2019–2021, we investigate the geospatial clustering of CAP calls when fans are and are not present.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>CAP calls are separated by Spurs game day or not, home or away games, and before or during COVID-19. ArcGIS Pro is used to run optimized hot spot analyses and hot spot comparisons with similarity values and spatial fuzzy kappa for each comparison.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>The largest hot spot is around the Riverwalk and downtown, and days with home games do not increase hot spots around the arena. There are significant changes in hot spots across the city on days with home versus away games and during COVID-19 versus before.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>The location of stadiums/arenas and proximity to popular areas with micro-facilities should be considered in sports and crime research and crime prevention discussions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139511059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander L. Burton, Cheryl Lero Jonson, William T. Miller, Jiayi Wang
{"title":"Attitudinal schemas and academy training receptivity: a quasi-experimental study of prison officers","authors":"Alexander L. Burton, Cheryl Lero Jonson, William T. Miller, Jiayi Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09604-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09604-7","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Objectives</h3><p>This study aimed to assess whether the receptivity of prison officers toward academy training differs based on their views of rehabilitation and punitiveness. </p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>Using the potential outcomes framework, we quasi-experimentally examine the role of newly-hired officers’ (<i>N</i> = 519) rehabilitative and punitive attitudes on post-training self-efficacy in performing the occupational duties of a prison officer. Linear regression models are estimated to examine the effects of the two attitudes on the confidence to perform the job of a prison officer.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Results indicate that officers espousing greater rehabilitative views leave academy training with greater confidence in completing all roles associated with the job, while officers holding stronger punitive views leave with substantially less confidence.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>There are substantial differences in what rehabilitative-oriented prison officers get out of academy training versus punitively oriented officers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"101 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139110284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sue-Ming Yang, Charlotte E. Gill, Yi-Fang Lu, Muneeba Azam, L. Cait Kanewske
{"title":"A police-clinician co-response team to people with mental illness in a suburban-rural community: a randomized controlled trial","authors":"Sue-Ming Yang, Charlotte E. Gill, Yi-Fang Lu, Muneeba Azam, L. Cait Kanewske","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09603-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09603-8","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Objectives</h3><p>The police-mental health co-response model has garnered support from both police and healthcare workers. It is praised for its ability to enhance crisis de-escalation, increase in-service referrals, and reduce pressure on the criminal legal system, and its cost-effectiveness relative to hospitalization. This study examines whether the police-mental health co-response team actually achieves the proclaimed goals in a suburban-rural community.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>A total of 2809 police shifts were randomized into treatment and control groups, with 140 participants recruited. The study analyzed and compared the numbers of police contacts and mental health calls for service among participants in treatment and control shifts over a 12-month follow-up period.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>The results revealed no significant difference in the number of subsequent police contacts between the treatment and control groups. The findings were further complemented by insights gathered from focus group interviews.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>In summary, implementing a co-response team shows promise for assisting individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, especially for police departments and service providers in non-urban areas. However, to achieve long-term effectiveness, it is crucial to identify strategies that reduce treatment attrition and enhance subsequent outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139110289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who benefits from criminal legal reform? A natural experiment to assess racial disparities in a policy targeting monetary sanctions","authors":"Amanda Isabel Mauri, Nancy Nicosia, Beau Kilmer","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09597-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09597-3","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Objective</h3><p>To examine disparities in court fines between American Indian and White convicted persons before and after a South Dakota reform, which trained court personnel to only assess fines that could be reasonably paid by defendants.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>A natural experiment design using criminal records for the universe of convictions for misdemeanor arrests between July 2011–June 2015 (<i>N</i> = 34,700) was employed to estimate the association between the reform and the likelihood of a fine using logistic regression.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>The reform was associated with reductions in fine assessments in urban (OR, 0.63; CI, 0.39–1.04); rural, no Indian Country (OR, 0.24; CI, 0.18–0.33); and rural, part-Indian Country counties (OR, 0.24; CI, 0.18–0.32). Both American Indian and White persons experienced these reductions, but the reductions were smaller for American Indians in urban counties.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>A defendant’s race and features of local court structures may shape judicial behavior in response to monetary sanctioning reforms.</p>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139110402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the use of interactive video-based simulators in law enforcement human performance research: A scoping review","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09606-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09606-5","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <span> <h3>Objectives</h3> <p>The purpose of this study was to identify, synthesize, and discuss interactive video-based simulator usage and operationalization of performance in law enforcement performance research.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Methods</h3> <p>Eleven databases were searched following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. The databases included the social, behavioral, forensic, and ergonomic sciences. Eligibility criteria included studies with performance metrics, law enforcement officers as participants, and contextual scenarios.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Results</h3> <p>Critical aspects of simulator usage (i.e., scenario selection, handling the branching aspect of scenarios) were underreported which brings to question the generalizability of law enforcement performance research. A disproportionate amount of research favors shoot scenarios to don’t-shoot scenarios which may unintentionally prime officers to expect the use of deadly force in an unrealistic manner. Performance metrics included cognitive, judgment and decision-making, marksmanship, psychophysiological, and process.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>Researchers could improve transparency and generalizability of their research by considering the findings from the current study and following the checklist we developed.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139061248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marzieh Karimi-Haghighi, Carlos Castillo, Songül Tolan, Kristian Lum
{"title":"Effect of conditional release on violent and general recidivism: A causal inference study","authors":"Marzieh Karimi-Haghighi, Carlos Castillo, Songül Tolan, Kristian Lum","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09596-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09596-4","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Objectives</h3><p>To study the effect of Conditional Release (C.R.) on recidivism. To compare this effect along different recidivism risk levels, to evaluate whether risk-assessment-based policies that prioritize people in lower risk categories for release maximally reduce recidivism.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>We use a dataset of 22,726 incarcerated persons released from 87 prison centers in Spain. We apply multiple causal inference methods including Propensity Score Matching (PSM), Inverse Propensity score Weighting (IPW), and Augmented Inverse Propensity Weighting (AIPW) to determine Average Treatment Effect (ATE) of C.R. on recidivism.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>Granting C.R. significantly reduces violent and general recidivism risks.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>The results suggest that C.R. can promote a safe and supervised return to the community while protecting public safety. ATEs obtained through causal inference methods suggest that granting C.R. exclusively to low-risk inmates does not lead to the maximum reduction of recidivism, and hence we propose alternatives to be studied further.</p>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138887390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Peter Ejbye-Ernst, Kim Moeller, Lasse S. Liebst, Jo Thomas, Melissa Sexton, Marie R. Lindegaard
{"title":"“It’s illegal to buy drugs from street dealers”—a video-based pre-post study of a behavioral intervention to displace dealers from an Amsterdam open-air drug market","authors":"Peter Ejbye-Ernst, Kim Moeller, Lasse S. Liebst, Jo Thomas, Melissa Sexton, Marie R. Lindegaard","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09602-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09602-9","url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Objectives</h3><p>A high number of street dealers operate in the Red Light District in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. To displace the dealers, the Municipality of Amsterdam installed text-based light projections in a street attracting a high number of dealers.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Methods</h3><p>To evaluate the intervention, we did a pre-post analysis of video footage from two CCTV cameras located in the street. In total, we analyzed 765 one-minute segments of footage from before and after the implementation.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Results</h3><p>The implementation was followed by a four percentage point reduction in street dealers. However, the estimated effect shows fragileness with wide confidence intervals and a <i>p</i>-value just below 0.05, and a Bayesian robustness analysis suggests that the intervention was not associated with the outcome.</p><h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">Conclusions</h3><p>Analyzing CCTV-footage offers a unique avenue for evaluating small scale interventions in open-air drug markets. While we observed a decrease in the presence of dealers, the intervention still needs further validation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138887358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing the effects of the Group Violence Intervention on firearm violence in Philadelphia","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09601-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09601-w","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <span> <h3>Objectives</h3> <p>This study assesses the effects of a Group Violence Intervention (GVI) implementation in Philadelphia on group member-involved (GMI) firearm violence. Because the implementation began in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, public health restrictions necessitated relying on individualized Mobile Call-In Team (MCIT) custom notifications, rather than large-scale call-in meetings, as the primary implementation method.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Methods</h3> <p>During the January 2020–May 2022 study period, not all at-risk group-units received GVI treatment at the same time. Likewise, not all census tracts received GVI treatment at the same time. Given this variation in treatment initiation, a quasi-experimental stepped wedge design assessed the effect of GVI treatment on GMI shootings on the dimensions of both group and place. Estimates were calculated using Poisson regression. The effects of treatment dosage were also assessed.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Results</h3> <p>A group-unit, post-treatment relative to pre-treatment, experienced, on average, a significant 38.6% reduction in shootings per week. Where a census tract received between 4 and 7 doses relative to 0 doses (pre-treatment), there was a significant 51.0% reduction in GMI shootings per week.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>A GVI implementation through custom notifications appears to maintain the effectiveness of GVI. Future research should assess the role of GVI components, including both enforcement actions and social services, as mechanisms for GVI effectiveness in a custom notification-based implementation.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138887355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of checklists on evidence collection during initial investigations: a randomized controlled trial in virtual reality","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s11292-023-09599-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-023-09599-1","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <span> <h3>Objective</h3> <p>To examine the impact of an investigative checklist on evidence collection by police officers responding to a routine burglary investigation.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Methods</h3> <p>A randomized control trial was conducted in virtual reality to test the effectiveness of an investigative checklist. Officers in the randomly assigned treatment group (n = 25) were provided with a checklist during the simulated investigation. Officers in the control group (n = 26) did not have access to the checklist at any time. The checklist included five evidence items commonly associated with burglary investigations.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Results</h3> <p>Officers who were randomly provided with an investigative checklist were significantly more likely to collect two evidence items located <em>outside</em> of the virtual victim’s home. Both treatment and control officers were about equally as likely to collect three evidence items located <em>inside</em> the residence.</p> </span> <span> <h3>Conclusions</h3> <p>Investigative checklists represent a promising new tool officers can use to improve evidence collection during routine investigations. More research is needed, however, to determine whether checklists improve evidence collection or case clearances in real-life settings. Virtual reality simulations provide a promising tool for collecting data in otherwise difficult or complex situations to simulate.</p> </span>","PeriodicalId":47684,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Experimental Criminology","volume":"85 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}