Shjarback, John A.

4 entries found for Shjarback, John A.

“Minority communities may provide officers an implicit visual heuristic that they can expect to encounter dangerous and uncooperative residents… Officers may be implicitly interpreting Black neighborhoods as inherently dangerous and uncooperative."

“Through our study findings, we can paint a clear picture of the declines in dangerousness [of policing]… We can also provide an important historical context for the… perceived ‘war on cops’ in recent years, and our…findings reveal no evidence to support those claims."

“Police agencies in Missouri have indeed changed their behavior regarding traffic stops in the post-Ferguson era, most likely as a result of the intense public scrutiny… Yet, such a pullback in police activity has not led to more crime."

“Black citizens were more likely than white citizens to be shot at when comparing the known race/ethnicity of citizens who discharged firearms against officers in California” (but fatalities were not significantly different nationally).