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College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Scholarship

2024

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Moving Targets: An Examination Of Departmental Firearms Policies And Police Shooting At Vehicles, John Shjarback, Julie Ward Mar 2024

Moving Targets: An Examination Of Departmental Firearms Policies And Police Shooting At Vehicles, John Shjarback, Julie Ward

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Scholarship

Research question: Do restrictive deadly force policies reduce the likelihood and frequency of police shootings at moving vehicles?

Conclusions:

Departments with more restrictive firearms policies re: moving vehicles were less likely to 1) have these types of shootings and 2) had fewer of them – net of controls

-Policy language instructing officers to move out of the way of moving vehicles was not associated with this subset of police shootings.


Pal Evaluation El Salvador - Process And Outcome Study, Kimberly Houser, Christine Saum, Evan Sorg, Joel Capellan Mar 2024

Pal Evaluation El Salvador - Process And Outcome Study, Kimberly Houser, Christine Saum, Evan Sorg, Joel Capellan

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Scholarship

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Witness To A Homicide: Experiencing Vicarious Trauma At An Execution, Sandra Joy Mar 2024

Witness To A Homicide: Experiencing Vicarious Trauma At An Execution, Sandra Joy

College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of my study is to analyze data that I gathered during a 10-month sabbatical, when I took off in my RV and drove across the nation to interview witnesses of state and federal executions. The primary focus of my interviews was to examine the response of all parties present at an execution, in order to determine the extent and nature of vicarious trauma found among these witnesses.