NCGVR Moves Closer to Selecting Projects for 2020 Funding Round
Mar 11, 2020
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This project will assess how police agency organizational characteristics and use of force policies influence rates of officer-involved shootings.
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Assess the organizational characteristics of police work environments with a focus on how these characteristics influence the discretion officers have and potentially explain rates of fatal and non-fatal shootings.
Three interrelated projects are planned:
Clarifying how police agency policies and organizational characteristics influence officer use of force will help police agencies craft policies that improve public safety.
Matthew Thompson, sociology, University of California, Davis. Thompson’s research merges sociological theories of complex organizations and the study of violence to explain variation in police use of force. Previously, he partnered with the University of California Firearm Research Center on statewide efforts to better understand firearm violence.