🚨 Call for papers! 🚨 I'm co-editing a Special Issue in Social Sciences with Drs. Rachel & Roberto Santos on Police-Community Engagement & Evidence-Based Crime Reduction. Submissions due 11/30/25. Please share! mdpi.com/journal/socsci… DM me with questions.

My forthcoming book is now available for pre-order! Scan the QR code:

Today is the official publication day of our book! You can download and read Chapter 1 using the link. I hope you'll buy a copy of the book, read it, cite it, and/or tell others about it. Public access to the data is forthcoming! #DeadlyForce #polisci press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Just accepted for publication! The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons learned from a decade of SAKI evaluations jnix.netlify.app/publication/61…

What is the probability that police interrogation tactic (or tactics) translate into a false confession? A new preprint from Scott and take a look at the literature and use simulations to estimate the answer.

One of the best papers I have seen in years, one with broad application to policing, procedural law, and civil litigation. The contrast between this paper's quality and most psychological research about false confessions is monumental. Kudos Scott Ian T. Adams

A solid Saturday morning read. Great work from Scott per usual.

Ppl asking me about Bayes and causal inference and I have nothing new to say but repeat myself below

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Welcome to our Editorial Board Ian T. Adams

🚨 A new week, a new preprint! New on CrimRxiv: A single exposure to real headlines in a nationally representative survey experiment led to drops in support for legally reasonable police use of force. Effects on perceptions of police legitimacy 👉 crimrxiv.com/pub/j58t4uii/r…

I posted to CrimRxiv for the first time! crimrxiv.com/pub/fjv19vp1

How accurate are Americans' perceptions of police use of force? I ran a national survey and mapped the gap between public estimates and benchmark figures—by state. Big overestimates. Consistent patterns. Preliminary findings here ⬇️ 🔗 smourtgos.netlify.app/post/mispercep…

1/ Can a simple door hanger reduce property crime Today’s #APB Summer 2025 showcase by Hunter M. Boehme, Brandon Tregle, & Cory Schnell highlights a randomized trial where police dropped off flyers after burglaries. The result? Significant drops in total property crimes + thefts. 🧵👇

🚔 When does the public think a police pursuit should be called off? Nat’l survey experiment (N=3,300+) tested reactions to varied pursuit scenarios. Main results soon, but I was also interested in state patterns—fatalities, crime & politics matter 👇 🔗smourtgos.netlify.app/post/pursuit-t…

🚔 New in City Journal: Just a few headlines can shift public opinion on police use of force. In a national survey, certain themes cut approval of lawful force by ~7 pts across liberals and conservatives. Read here 👉 city-journal.org/article/police…