Category: CRJ101 Intro CJ

Assessing “Reasonable” Police Uses of Force After Barnes v. Felix: How Time Framing Affects Public Perceptions – Scott M. Mourtgos, Ian T. Adams, Kyle McLean, Seth Stoughton, Geoffrey P. Alpert, 2026

Note at the time of this posting the article was available “open access”.

Assessing “Reasonable” Police Uses of Force After Barnes v. Felix: How Time Framing Affects Public Perceptions
— Read on journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10986111261462411

What Works in American Policing: A Strategy-by-Strategy Assessment – R Street Institute

This seven-part series examines major policing strategies through a research-grounded lens, assessing each strategy against multiple criteria:

Credible empirical support
Measurable outcomes
Operational realism (given current staffing constraints)
Constitutional boundaries
Fiscal accountability
Rather than treating policing approaches as interchangeable catchphrases, this series evaluates what the literature actually says about each strategy’s effectiveness and what it means for agencies trying to do more with less while maintaining public trust.

— Read on www.rstreet.org/commentary/what-works-in-american-policing-a-strategy-by-strategy-assessment/

Contact Cards in Cincinnati – A Review of Racial Bias in Police Stops, 2009–2025

The analysis shows that in 2025:

● Cincinnati Police officers stopped Black people 3.4x more often than White people.

● Black pedestrians were stopped 5.4x more often than White pedestrians.

● Black people were stopped in vehicles 3.2x more often than White people.

The Cincinnati Police Department’s data shows that each step in the process – from where and when police stopped people, to who got stopped, searched, subjected to use of force, and arrested – was racially biased against Black people.

Cincinnati Police Department data from 2009–2025 shows:

● Once stopped by Cincinnati Police officers, Black people are:

2.1x more likely to be searched than White people.

1.9x more likely to have force used against them than White people.

1.8x more likely to be arrested than White people.

● In majority White neighborhoods, Black pedestrians are stopped by Cincinnati Police 4.5x more often than White people, and Black motorists experience discretionary traffic stops 5.5x more often than White motorists.

● The more White the neighborhood, the more likely it is for a Black person to be stopped there. Crime rates do not explain this trend.

Get a PDF of the report HERE

Check out a local news report on the reaction of government and the police union. HERE

Houston Police Staffing Hits 20-Year High as Hiring Improves Nationwide | Officer

A spike in hiring and a drop in resignations have boosted Houston’s police ranks, as departments across the country see similar gains, analysts say.
— Read on www.officer.com/training-careers/hiring-promotion/news/55381263/houston-police-staffing-hits-20-year-high-as-hiring-improves-nationwide

Washington, D.C.’s crime decline and its lessons for American policing – Niskanen Center

Washington, D.C., offers a rare opportunity to study how police departments throughout the country might, and in fact must, do more with less. Since reaching a dramatic peak in 2023, violent and property crime in the District has fallen sharply — even as the police force shrank to its smallest size in half a century.

— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/washington-dc-crime-decline-and-its-lessons-for-american-policing/