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The Relationship Between Gun And Gun Buyer Characteristics And Firearm Time-To-Crime, Steven Brandl, Meghan Stroshine
The Relationship Between Gun And Gun Buyer Characteristics And Firearm Time-To-Crime, Steven Brandl, Meghan Stroshine
Meghan Stroshine
Gun violence continues to be a major crime control problem in many metropolitan cities in America. To comprehend this problem more completely, this study seeks to develop an understanding of the dynamics of illegal firearm markets in one particular city: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In particular, the characteristics of guns and gun buyers that are related to fast firearm time-to-crime are identified. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) trace data and Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Police Department (MPD) records associated with guns purchased at federally licensed gun dealers and subsequently confiscated by the MPD in 2005 (N = 1,563) are …
Technological Innovations In Policing At The Dawn Of The 21st Century, Meghan Stroshine
Technological Innovations In Policing At The Dawn Of The 21st Century, Meghan Stroshine
Meghan Stroshine
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The Influence Of "Working Rules" On Police Suspicion And Discretionary Decision Making, Meghan Stroshine, Geoffrey Alpert, Roger Dunham
The Influence Of "Working Rules" On Police Suspicion And Discretionary Decision Making, Meghan Stroshine, Geoffrey Alpert, Roger Dunham
Meghan Stroshine
This study examines the role of “working rules” that define what officers interpret as suspicious people, places, and situations. Data were drawn from observational studies of police decision making in Savannah, Georgia and Miami-Dade, Florida. Current theory and research on the use of police discretion and biased policing is focused on the decision to stop, search, or arrest a suspect. Only a few studies focus on processes through which police determine behaviors to be suspicious that influence them to initiate official police action. An analysis of the “working rules” used by officers uncovered 12 substantive categories. The article concludes with …
Transforming Citizens Into Suspects: Factors That Influence The Formation Of Police Suspicion, Roger Dunham, Geoffrey Alpert, Meghan Stroshine, Katherine Bennett
Transforming Citizens Into Suspects: Factors That Influence The Formation Of Police Suspicion, Roger Dunham, Geoffrey Alpert, Meghan Stroshine, Katherine Bennett
Meghan Stroshine
The present study examines the formation of police suspicion and the mental processes and decisions officers make prior to stopping and questioning citizens. Furthermore, the authors include a brief discussion of the outcomes of stops made. The authors use both quantitative and qualitative data drawn from an observational study of police decision making in Savannah, Georgia. The reasons officers gave for becoming suspicious of citizens were coded into four categories: appearance, behavior, time and place, and information. The results do not support the speculation that it is during this prestop stage in the officers’ decision making when major levels of …