Media
“What are ‘challenge coins’? These LMPD versions go from mundane to controversial.” Louisville Courier Journal. December 27, 2024.
“Man burned alive during SWAT arrest sues Hays County, San Marcos.” KXAN Austin. October 6, 2024.
“3 Former Officers Acquitted of Most Serious Charge in Tyre Nichols’s Death.” The New York Times. October 3, 2024.
“What Is Policing For?” The Nation. August 12, 2024.
“How Police Guns End Up in the Hands of Criminals.” Reveal from the Center for Investigative Journalism. July 13, 2024.
“Chesterfield Police hired company accused of 'pseudoscience' to analyze deadly shooting of Charles Byers.” CBS6 News Richmond. July 2, 2024.
“Police departments sell their used guns. Thousands end up at crime scenes.” CBS News, The Trace, and Reveal. May 15, 2024.
“How law enforcement mishandled encampment sweep at UCLA, according to experts.” The Daily Bruin. May 14, 2024.
“The state of free speech on Texas campuses amid pro-Palestinian protests.” Dallas Morning News. April 27, 2024.
“Sociology professors discuss violence of policing during panel.” The Daily Texan. April 16, 2024.
“Flock Installed AI Cameras In This Small City And Claimed Crime Went Down. It Went Up.” Forbes. February 29, 2024.
“How perceptions of a ‘war on cops’ shape police interactions with the public.” Houston Matters. February 20, 2024.
“Most mass shooters are men, unlike the Lakewood Church shooter. Experts explain why.” Houston Chronicle. February 14, 2024.
“After fatal shootings, Rantoul police recommended more training. They just sent one officer to a gun range.” IPM News and The Invisible Institute. February 5, 2024.
“Houston-area police dropping private trainers probed for pushing illegal, racist tactics.” Houston Landing. December 27, 2023.
“The Ubiquity of Guns Colors Nearly Every Police Interaction. Could Gun Regulations Prevent Police Shootings?” The Trace. November 21, 2023.
“Assault weapon mass shootings on the rise in Texas.” Axios. September 25, 2023.
“Policing is less deadly than it used to be, but Columbus shooting a reminder of job’s dangers.” The Columbus Dispatch. July 17, 2023.
“Community response to APD/DPS partnership suspension.” CBS Austin. July 12, 2023.
“Memo from APD shows decreases in response time, emergency service calls but data still missing.” CBS Austin. July 5, 2023.
“‘Slap on the hand’: How LMPD officers involved in egregious misconduct remain on the force.” The Courier-Journal. June 8, 2023.
“‘I kill [Black people] for a living | A look at SDPD’s newly released misconduct files.” CBS8. February 3, 2023.
“‘Worst place to be a woman’: What Madison Brooks’ case exposes about Louisiana.” The Advocate. January 27, 2023
“Dallas police’s murder count dropped in 2022, but the city doesn’t include all slayings.” Dallas Morning News. January 12, 2023.
“‘National embarrassment’: Multiple Maryland State Police challenge coins prompt disciplinary actions.” Baltimore Sun. November 4, 2022.
“Body Camera Footage In Dee Garrett Arrest Doesn’t Match LMPD Fears Of Dangerous Crowd.” LEO Weekly. April 10, 2022.
"The New Face of American Gun Ownership.” The Cut. February 28, 2022.
“Fox News' Tomi Lahren told officers at a policing conference that prominent police killings could have been avoided if people 'would just comply’.” Business Insider. January 27, 2022.
“Much of America wants policing to change. But these self-proclaimed experts tell officers they’re doing just fine.” Washington Post. January 26, 2022.
“Texas gun permit applications peaked in 2020, plummeted in 2021.” Houston Chronicle. January 1, 2022.
“American can’t fix policing without fixing the country’s gun problem.” Vox. November 6, 2021.
“Why the Gabby Petito case, but not others, has drawn so much attention.” Politifact. September 22, 2021.
“On Wednesday, Texas becomes largest state so far to enact a ‘constitutional carry’ gun law.” San Antonio Express-News. August 30, 2021.
“The Misplaced Hope of Understanding Police From the Inside.” The Nation. June 3, 2021.
“Opinion: We can’t reimagine safety without being clear-eyed about America’s gun problem.” Washington Post. April 22, 2021.
“What Are Police Thinking?” What Next: Slate. April 19, 2021.
“Daunte Wright’s killing is tragic proof police need massive reforms. But calls for ‘ending policing’ are unpopular and counterproductive.” Business Insider. April 13, 2021.
“Where Chicago Shootings Go Unchecked, Owning a Gun Can Feel Like a Necessity.” PBS/WTTW. April 8, 2021.
“Gun violence spiked during pandemic, even as the deadliest mass shootings waned.” Politifact. March 23, 2021.
“Experts discuss City of Austin's search for new police chief.” KVUE ABC. March 23, 2021.
“Craig skeptical whether police response to Capitol riot different than Black Lives Matter.” Detroit Free Press, January 15, 2021.
“Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response.” Politifact, January 8, 2021.
“FOX 7 Discussion: Violent crime increases in large Texas cities.” FOX 7 Austin, December 23, 2020.
“Austin Police Pledged to Stop Using ‘Less Lethal’ Rounds on Crowds. Then It Ordered Thousands More.” KUT Austin / The Trace, November 2, 2020.
“Opponents Argue Cutting Police Funding Will Make Austin Less Safe. Here's What We Know.”
“Calls for reform bring renewed focus to community policing, but does it work?” PBS News Hour. September 18, 2020.
“State police uncovered more trooper payroll issues last year. This time, they kept it in-house.” The Boston Globe, September 14, 2020.
“In-depth: UT researcher says shootings against police officers aren't ‘increasing markedly over time.’” KXAN Austin, August 17, 2020.
“The same seven officers were involved in in multiple shootings in Sacramento County.” ABC 10 San Diego, August 12, 2020.
“3 Boys Fatally Shot in 3 Summers. Can Durham Stop the Violence?” The News & Observer, August 7, 2020.
“Murder.” You’re Wrong About, July 27, 2020.
“How Often are Police Shot in the Line of Duty?” The Trace, July 22, 2020.
“Don’t Blame Protestors for the Rise in Violent Crime." Huffpost, July 19, 2020.
“We Reviewed Police Tactics in Nearly 400 Protest Videos. Here’s What We Found.” ProPublica, July 16, 2020.
“Sociologist Michael Sierra-Arévalo on Why Police Expect Danger and How it Drives Brutality.” On Point : NPR, July 16, 2020.
“What the police really believe.” Vox, July 7, 2020.
“Is Police Reform a Fundamentally Flawed Idea?” Five Thirty Eight, June 22, 2020.
“We Spent a Fortune on Police Body Cams. Why Haven’t They Fixed Policing?” Fast Company, June 17, 2020.
“How Violent Police Culture Perpetuates Itself.” GQ, June 16, 2020.
“Police, Power, and the Specter of Guns.” The Trace, June 13, 2020.
“What Changes to Policing in America Would Address Concerns of Protesters?” Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYU Radio, June 3, 2020.
“Policing and Violence Prevention.” Untenured Tracks Podcast, February 17, 2020.
“Officer Friendly: Brief Door-to-Door Visits from Police Greatly Improve Trust in Law Enforcement.” Study Finds, June 1, 2020.
“Larry Krasner’s Lonely, Radical Crusade to Solve America’s Gun Problem.” New Republic, January 28, 2020.
“Community Policing and the Public’s Attitudes Toward Police.” Psychology Today, December 16, 2020.
“Is It Time to Double Down on Community Policing?” Law360, December 15, 2019.
“Community Policing.” WSHU Public Radio, October 3, 2019.
“Community Interaction Increases Trust in Police.” Top of Mind with Julie Rose, BYU Radio / Sirius XM 143, October 1, 2019.
“Yale study shows community policing improves trust among residents.” New Haven Register, September 16, 2019.
“MIT Sloan study links community-oriented policing to improved attitudes toward police, MIT Sloan School of Management, September 16, 2019.
"Study finds community-oriented policing improves attitudes toward police,” Yale News, September 16, 2019.
“One Positive Interaction with Police Can Enhance Trust, New Study Finds,” Rutgers University News, September 16, 2019.
“Body Cameras and TASERs Rake in Billion for Axon, but They’re No Panacea for Police Violence,” The Appeal, June 10, 2019.
"Arms (and Minds) in 'America's Arsenal,'" The Yale Herald, November 11, 2016.
"Chicago's Criminal Offenders Arm Themselves for the Same Reason Most American Gun Owners Do - They fear for their safety," The Trace, September 27, 2016.
"A Former Crack Dealer Explains the Danger and Appeal of Slinging Rocks in the 80s," Vice, May 3, 2016.
"What Cities can Learn from New Haven's Fight to Rein in Gang Violence: Seeking Solutions," The Plain Dealer, March 24, 2016.
"New Haven’s Project Longevity Shows Promise in Reducing Violent Crime in the City," Yale News, April 21, 2016.
"U.S. Attorney Cites Social-Science Math to Credit 'Project Longevity," New Haven Independent, October 26, 2015.
"Study: New Haven’s Project Longevity Shows Positive Results," New Haven Register, October 24, 2015.
"'Focused Deterrence' Helping to Curb Gun Violence among New Haven Gangs," WNPR, October 23, 2015.
"Gun Deaths in U.S. Twice as High among African-Americans as Caucasians," Newsweek, September 25, 2014.
"No Safe Haven," Yale Herald, April 18, 2014.
Op-Eds and Essays
“The link between underregulated firearms and an LAPD bullet killing a teen in a fitting room.” The Los Angeles Times. January 4, 2022.
“Biden's plan to spend billions on community policing is bad policy.” The Hill. July 16, 2021.
“Police, Culture, and Inequality.” Footnotes, July/August 2020.
“US universities should invest in students, not in policing them.” Time Higher Education. June 25, 2020.
“Danger and ‘Officer Safety’ Shape Police Socialization, Practice, and Policy.” Jurist, June 23, 2020.
“Is armed protest by African Americans treated differently? History says yes.” The Washington Post. May 21, 2020.
“1 single good encounter with a cop engenders a lot of trust, study finds.” NJ.com/Star-Ledger. September 29, 2019.
“TASER Technology and Police Officers’ Understanding and Use of Force,” Law & Society Review Blog. January 10, 2019.
"Why don’t cops wear seatbelts? How the demand for officer safety endangers police officers," Work In Progress: Sociology on the Economy, Work, and Inequality. January 5, 2017.
"Broken Windows is Broken: Study Shows that a More Focused Approach to Tackling Street Violence can be More Effective," LSE American Politics and Policy. July 20, 2016.
"The Shooting Disease: Who You Know, Where You Live," Hartford Courant. May 31, 2015.
"Beyond the Burning," The Conversation. April 28, 2015.
"‘Civilizing’ the Fractured Relationship between Police and Minority Communities," The Conversation. April 22, 2015.
"An Opportunity to Rise Above Fear for Police, People of Color," Forum, New Haven Register. January 25, 2015.
"Crowdfunding for Private Security in Oakland Ignores a Few Key Facts," Mic. October 21, 2013.
"Stop and Frisk Stops Nothing - Check Out How Cops Can Actually Fight Crime," Mic. August 21, 2013.
"Micro-Policing Can Reduce Violence in Urban Hot Spots," Institution for Social and Policy Studies. January 22, 2013.