Amanda Graham
@akgrahamphd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Policing, police-community relations, measurement, public opinion
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The Hidden Measurement Crisis in Criminology
Cambridge Core - Research Methods In Sociology and Criminology - The Hidden Measurement Crisis in Criminology
doi.org
Criminology faces a hidden crisis: measurement.
Science is built on rigorous measurement. Yet, our field accepts various unsystematically derived measures of constructs, so long as they have high alphas and strong factor loadings
We call for a new subfield: #Criminometrics
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Science is built on rigorous measurement. Yet, our field accepts various unsystematically derived measures of constructs, so long as they have high alphas and strong factor loadings
We call for a new subfield: #Criminometrics
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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What motivates people to become #police officers? And what increases/decreases the likelihood of ever considering the career? tinyurl.com/43avsbmv
We use a national sample of Americans to help identify the un/attractive elements of #policing during this #recruitment crisis
What motivates people to become #police officers? And what increases/decreases the likelihood of ever considering the career? tinyurl.com/43avsbmv
We use a national sample of Americans to help identify the un/attractive elements of #policing during this #recruitment crisis
Motivations and likelihood of the public to consider a career in policing
Purpose. US law enforcement is currently facing a workforce shortage. As agencies seek to recruit officers, research on the contemporary elements that may draw or deter members of the public to police...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨Fresh Pub🚨
What motivates people to become #police officers? And what increases/decreases the likelihood of ever considering the career? tinyurl.com/43avsbmv
We use a national sample of Americans to help identify the un/attractive elements of #policing during this #recruitment crisis
What motivates people to become #police officers? And what increases/decreases the likelihood of ever considering the career? tinyurl.com/43avsbmv
We use a national sample of Americans to help identify the un/attractive elements of #policing during this #recruitment crisis
🚨Fresh Preprint!🚨 osf.io/preprints/so...
What can be made of people avoiding contact with the #police?
Is it #fear of the police? Is it past #mistreatment? Are there #racial differences?
Our study explores why people avoid #voluntary and #involuntary police contacts with a national sample.
What can be made of people avoiding contact with the #police?
Is it #fear of the police? Is it past #mistreatment? Are there #racial differences?
Our study explores why people avoid #voluntary and #involuntary police contacts with a national sample.
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September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨Fresh Preprint!🚨 osf.io/preprints/so...
What can be made of people avoiding contact with the #police?
Is it #fear of the police? Is it past #mistreatment? Are there #racial differences?
Our study explores why people avoid #voluntary and #involuntary police contacts with a national sample.
What can be made of people avoiding contact with the #police?
Is it #fear of the police? Is it past #mistreatment? Are there #racial differences?
Our study explores why people avoid #voluntary and #involuntary police contacts with a national sample.
Are you the same person you were 15 or even 20 years ago?
Probably no.
But, does the public support giving all people who have served 15-20 years incarcerated a Second Look at their sentence, regardless of what age they were when they committed their crime?
doi.org/10.1111/1745...
Probably no.
But, does the public support giving all people who have served 15-20 years incarcerated a Second Look at their sentence, regardless of what age they were when they committed their crime?
doi.org/10.1111/1745...
Public support for universal second look sentencing, a research note
Based on a 2023 national YouGov survey (N = 800), we explored public support for universal second look sentencing—the view that all incarcerated individuals, not just those who committed their crimes....
doi.org
March 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Are you the same person you were 15 or even 20 years ago?
Probably no.
But, does the public support giving all people who have served 15-20 years incarcerated a Second Look at their sentence, regardless of what age they were when they committed their crime?
doi.org/10.1111/1745...
Probably no.
But, does the public support giving all people who have served 15-20 years incarcerated a Second Look at their sentence, regardless of what age they were when they committed their crime?
doi.org/10.1111/1745...
Criminology faces a hidden crisis: measurement.
Science is built on rigorous measurement. Yet, our field accepts various unsystematically derived measures of constructs, so long as they have high alphas and strong factor loadings
We call for a new subfield: #Criminometrics
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Science is built on rigorous measurement. Yet, our field accepts various unsystematically derived measures of constructs, so long as they have high alphas and strong factor loadings
We call for a new subfield: #Criminometrics
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
The Hidden Measurement Crisis in Criminology
Cambridge Core - Research Methods In Sociology and Criminology - The Hidden Measurement Crisis in Criminology
doi.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Criminology faces a hidden crisis: measurement.
Science is built on rigorous measurement. Yet, our field accepts various unsystematically derived measures of constructs, so long as they have high alphas and strong factor loadings
We call for a new subfield: #Criminometrics
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Science is built on rigorous measurement. Yet, our field accepts various unsystematically derived measures of constructs, so long as they have high alphas and strong factor loadings
We call for a new subfield: #Criminometrics
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Reposted by Amanda Graham
Are Democratic leaders making cities more dangerous than Republicans? Trump + others have repeatedly made claims like this. New paper in Science Advances w/ @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, Dan Jones & Matt Harvey shows that, in short, the answer is no.
January 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Are Democratic leaders making cities more dangerous than Republicans? Trump + others have repeatedly made claims like this. New paper in Science Advances w/ @chriswarshaw.bsky.social, Dan Jones & Matt Harvey shows that, in short, the answer is no.
🚨Fresh Pub! 🚨
What are the leading cause of #line-of-duty #deaths of police #K9s (2000-2023)?
- gunfire
- heatstroke
- vehicle strike
Can we prevent any #heatstroke deaths?
Our analysis says yes!
70.6% were from being left unattended and mechanical failures in cruisers
doi.org/10.1080/1561...
What are the leading cause of #line-of-duty #deaths of police #K9s (2000-2023)?
- gunfire
- heatstroke
- vehicle strike
Can we prevent any #heatstroke deaths?
Our analysis says yes!
70.6% were from being left unattended and mechanical failures in cruisers
doi.org/10.1080/1561...
Police K-9 line-of-duty deaths and heatstroke 2000–2023
As with their human counterparts, police K-9s face dangers, including death, while in service. However, police K-9 research is significantly lacking, limiting possible preventive interventions. As ...
doi.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:57 PM
🚨Fresh Pub! 🚨
What are the leading cause of #line-of-duty #deaths of police #K9s (2000-2023)?
- gunfire
- heatstroke
- vehicle strike
Can we prevent any #heatstroke deaths?
Our analysis says yes!
70.6% were from being left unattended and mechanical failures in cruisers
doi.org/10.1080/1561...
What are the leading cause of #line-of-duty #deaths of police #K9s (2000-2023)?
- gunfire
- heatstroke
- vehicle strike
Can we prevent any #heatstroke deaths?
Our analysis says yes!
70.6% were from being left unattended and mechanical failures in cruisers
doi.org/10.1080/1561...
📣New Pub Alert!
What makes the public think #police officers are #warriors or #guardians?
Using two experimental vignettes, these views largely stem from encounter outcomes. More formal outcomes lead to increased odds of officers being viewed as warriors.
doi.org/10.1093/poli...
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What makes the public think #police officers are #warriors or #guardians?
Using two experimental vignettes, these views largely stem from encounter outcomes. More formal outcomes lead to increased odds of officers being viewed as warriors.
doi.org/10.1093/poli...
1/2
Warrior or guardian? Public perceptions of law enforcement during traffic encounters and domestic disputes
Abstract. While police reform efforts have pushed for the adoption of a guardian mindset over that of a warrior, the public’s perception of these orientati
doi.org
November 26, 2024 at 3:18 PM
📣New Pub Alert!
What makes the public think #police officers are #warriors or #guardians?
Using two experimental vignettes, these views largely stem from encounter outcomes. More formal outcomes lead to increased odds of officers being viewed as warriors.
doi.org/10.1093/poli...
1/2
What makes the public think #police officers are #warriors or #guardians?
Using two experimental vignettes, these views largely stem from encounter outcomes. More formal outcomes lead to increased odds of officers being viewed as warriors.
doi.org/10.1093/poli...
1/2
Reposted by Amanda Graham
New in NHB: We systematically replicated 26 of 41 PNAS social science studies that used MTurk. The approach provides a proof-of-concept for using decision markets to select findings to replicate.
Replication effect sizes were 45% of original effect sizes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Replication effect sizes were 45% of original effect sizes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Examining the replicability of online experiments selected by a decision market - Nature Human Behaviour
This study finds that decision markets can be a useful tool for selecting studies for replication. For a sample of 26 online experiments published in PNAS selected by a decision market, the authors fi...
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November 19, 2024 at 11:59 AM
New in NHB: We systematically replicated 26 of 41 PNAS social science studies that used MTurk. The approach provides a proof-of-concept for using decision markets to select findings to replicate.
Replication effect sizes were 45% of original effect sizes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Replication effect sizes were 45% of original effect sizes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Let's start off strong by paying the cat tax
November 17, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Let's start off strong by paying the cat tax
Reposted by Amanda Graham
For those of you at the ASC meetings, join DPOP for an informal social gathering at The Lark at 6:00 PM tonight!
November 14, 2024 at 5:05 PM
For those of you at the ASC meetings, join DPOP for an informal social gathering at The Lark at 6:00 PM tonight!