James J Fyfe
Biographic Data
| ID | 218209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James J Fyfe |
| GIVEN NAMES | James J |
| FAMILY NAME | Fyfe |
| SIGNATURE | FYFE J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Chapter 15. Blind Justice: Police Shootings in Memphis
Stops, Frisks, Searches, and the Constitution
Differential Police Treatment of Male-on-Female Spousal Violence: Additional Evidence on the Leniency Thesis
The assumption that police are relatively lenient with men who assault their spouses has led several U.S. political jurisdictions to enact mandatory arrest-for-wife-assault legislation. Although the leniency thesis underlying this legislation is widely believed, it is directly addressed by only three studies of varying rigor and generalizability. With new data, the present research uses multivariate techniques to reexamine the hypothesis that pol…
“Did you call the police? What did they do?” An empirical assessment of black's theory of mobilization of law
Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (1992–1994), this study tests Donald Black's theory about the behavior of law, specifically the decision to mobilize social control through legal agencies. Results suggest that numerous extralegal factors (e.g., race, gender, wealth, education) affect both crime victims' decisions to call for police intervention and police decisions to arrest. The analysis also suggests that factors predicti…
Differential Police Treatment of Male‐on‐female Spousal Violence
Recent studies of police response to violence in which men attack women with whom they have a history of shared intimacy have not addressed the issue that inspired research in the first place: the “leniency thesis” that police treat men who beat their spouses less punitively than other violent offenders. In addition, research examining the deterrent effects of various police treatments of misdemeanor domestic violence is not responsive to complai…
Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force
Editors as Gatekeepers: Getting Published in the Social Sciences
Why do some scholarly manuscripts get published while others do not? Who makes the decisions at scholarly journals and presses, and how do they reach those decisions? This volume brings together the experiences of editors of sociology, anthropology, political science, criminal justice, psychology, and other social science journals, and editors and directors of university and commercial presses that focus on the social sciences. Each chapter of th…
Domestic Violence: The Changing Criminal Justice Response
Police use of deadly force: Research and reform
Police use of deadly force first became a major public issue in the 1960s, when many urban riots were precipitated immediately by police killings of citizens. Since that time scholars have studied deadly force extensively, police practitioners have made significant reforms in their policies and practices regarding deadly force, and the United States Supreme Court has voided a centuries-old legal principle that authorized police in about one-half …
Always Prepared: Police Off-Duty Guns
Even while off duty, American police are ex pected to be armed and to actively intervene in situations threatening to life, property, or order. This article considers the assumptions upon which that expectation is based and suggests that they may be ill-founded. Research to determine whether armed off-duty police actually increase community violence levels is recommended as a prerequisite to an in formed reconsideration of the appropriate role fo…
Administrative interventions on police shooting discretion: An empirical examination
Differential Police Treatment of Male‐on‐female Spousal Violence
Recent studies of police response to violence in which men attack women with whom they have a history of shared intimacy have not addressed the issue that inspired research in the first place: the “leniency thesis” that police treat men who beat their spouses less punitively than other violent offenders. In addition, research examining the deterrent effects of various police treatments of misdemeanor domestic violence is not responsive to complai…
Administrative interventions on police shooting discretion: An empirical examination
Differential Police Treatment of Male-on-Female Spousal Violence: Additional Evidence on the Leniency Thesis
The assumption that police are relatively lenient with men who assault their spouses has led several U.S. political jurisdictions to enact mandatory arrest-for-wife-assault legislation. Although the leniency thesis underlying this legislation is widely believed, it is directly addressed by only three studies of varying rigor and generalizability. With new data, the present research uses multivariate techniques to reexamine the hypothesis that pol…
Always Prepared: Police Off-Duty Guns
Even while off duty, American police are ex pected to be armed and to actively intervene in situations threatening to life, property, or order. This article considers the assumptions upon which that expectation is based and suggests that they may be ill-founded. Research to determine whether armed off-duty police actually increase community violence levels is recommended as a prerequisite to an in formed reconsideration of the appropriate role fo…
Stops, Frisks, Searches, and the Constitution
Administrative interventions on police shooting discretion: An empirical examination
Always Prepared: Police Off-Duty Guns
Even while off duty, American police are ex pected to be armed and to actively intervene in situations threatening to life, property, or order. This article considers the assumptions upon which that expectation is based and suggests that they may be ill-founded. Research to determine whether armed off-duty police actually increase community violence levels is recommended as a prerequisite to an in formed reconsideration of the appropriate role fo…
Police use of deadly force: Research and reform
Police use of deadly force first became a major public issue in the 1960s, when many urban riots were precipitated immediately by police killings of citizens. Since that time scholars have studied deadly force extensively, police practitioners have made significant reforms in their policies and practices regarding deadly force, and the United States Supreme Court has voided a centuries-old legal principle that authorized police in about one-half …
Domestic Violence: The Changing Criminal Justice Response
Editors as Gatekeepers: Getting Published in the Social Sciences
Why do some scholarly manuscripts get published while others do not? Who makes the decisions at scholarly journals and presses, and how do they reach those decisions? This volume brings together the experiences of editors of sociology, anthropology, political science, criminal justice, psychology, and other social science journals, and editors and directors of university and commercial presses that focus on the social sciences. Each chapter of th…
Above the Law: Police and the Excessive Use of Force
Differential Police Treatment of Male‐on‐female Spousal Violence
Recent studies of police response to violence in which men attack women with whom they have a history of shared intimacy have not addressed the issue that inspired research in the first place: the “leniency thesis” that police treat men who beat their spouses less punitively than other violent offenders. In addition, research examining the deterrent effects of various police treatments of misdemeanor domestic violence is not responsive to complai…
“Did you call the police? What did they do?” An empirical assessment of black's theory of mobilization of law
Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (1992–1994), this study tests Donald Black's theory about the behavior of law, specifically the decision to mobilize social control through legal agencies. Results suggest that numerous extralegal factors (e.g., race, gender, wealth, education) affect both crime victims' decisions to call for police intervention and police decisions to arrest. The analysis also suggests that factors predicti…
Differential Police Treatment of Male-on-Female Spousal Violence: Additional Evidence on the Leniency Thesis
The assumption that police are relatively lenient with men who assault their spouses has led several U.S. political jurisdictions to enact mandatory arrest-for-wife-assault legislation. Although the leniency thesis underlying this legislation is widely believed, it is directly addressed by only three studies of varying rigor and generalizability. With new data, the present research uses multivariate techniques to reexamine the hypothesis that pol…
Stops, Frisks, Searches, and the Constitution
Chapter 15. Blind Justice: Police Shootings in Memphis
Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Criminology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (6 works) · Economic Justice (3 works) · Gun Ownership and Violence Research (3 works)