Jack Mcdevitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 233523 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Mcdevitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdevitt |
| SIGNATURE | MCDEVITT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5469-4886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 117 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops: An Investigation of Race/Ethnicity and Minor Traffic Violations
The perception of disparate traffic enforcement actions by police, commonly referred to as racial profiling, has eroded trust between police departments and the communities they serve. In an effort to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in traffic stops and build trust between police and citizens, several U.S. cities have passed legislation that discourages or prohibits police officers from conducting traffic stops for minor traffic violations s…
Building Bridges Between Researchers and Police Practitioners in Small and Midsize Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States
Although partnerships between researchers and police practitioners have increased over the last few decades in some of the largest police agencies in the United States, very few small agencies have engaged in a partnership with a researcher. Of the 18,000 local police agencies in the United States, small agencies with less than 25 sworn officers make up about three quarters of all police agencies. To support future collaborations between research…
Rising Gun Sales in the Wake of Mass Shootings and Gun Legislation
Hate Crimes
Hate crime is defined by the FBI as a criminal offense motivated by bias against the following protected categories: race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity. There are three official sources of hate crime data in the United States: the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), the National Incident‐Based Reporting System (NIBRS, part of the UCR reporting program), and the NCVS (National Crime Victimizati…
Hate Crimes
New laws but few cases: Understanding the challenges to the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases
Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed
One Scale Fits All? Assessing Racial Differences in the Measurement of Attitudes Toward the Police
Research consistently shows that minorities have less confidence in the police and perceive less procedural justice during encounters than Whites. This work generally concludes that the differences in perceptions by race are due to actual differences in attitudes, then proceeds to explore the origins of these differences. However, scholarly work has not yet explored the possibility that this finding is related to how members of different racial g…
Identifying and Measuring Racial Profiling by the Police
Over the past decade, public concern about racial profiling and racially disparate treatment of drivers during routine traffic stops has become a critical issue facing law enforcement. Racial disparities in traffic stops, citations and searches impose serious costs on minority citizens and can strain relationships between community members and the police. Over the past decade, researchers, police administrators and legal advocates have employed v…
Where are all the victims: Understanding the determinants of official identification of human trafficking incidents
Research Summary The passage of new laws that criminalize the trafficking of persons for labor and sexual services has raised public awareness about the problem of human trafficking. In response, police must understand the problem, identify human trafficking victims, and make arrests. The numbers of victims identified to date, however, has paled in comparison with official estimates, which leads some to question the existence of a human trafficki…
Political influences on racial disparities in traffic enforcement practices
Bias-Crime Reporting: Organizational Responses to Ambiguity, Uncertainty, and Infrequency in Eight Police Departments
Over the past two decades, significant efforts have established categories of crimes motivated by bias and so enhanced the quality of information about the prevalence of such crimes in the United States. As part of a national reporting system established by the Hate Crime Statistics Act, local police agencies collect information about the prevalence and characteristics of bias-crime incidents. Although the quality of this program has improved sin…
Situational policing: Neighbourhood development and crime control
Over the past two decades, the Broken Windows version of social disorganization theory has had a significant impact on law enforcement practices in the United States. Contemporary sociologists, however, have demonstrated that neighbourhood‐level collective efficacy (or a lack thereof) is a more significant predictor of violent crime than are physical and social disorder (i.e., broken windows). Collective efficacy is viewed as an evolving neighbou…
Hate Crime Offenders: An Expanded Typology
Little research has been conducted to determine the motivations of hate crime offenders. This article builds on an earlier work of J. Levin and McDevitt (1993) in which a typology of offender motivations was first articulated. We reanalyze 169 Boston police case files that were originally studied in order to provide empirical grounding for the typology. In this updated study, characteristics of the three original motives—thrill, defensive, and mi…
Consequences for Victims: A Comparison of Bias- and Non-Bias-Motivated Assaults
There has been a great deal of scholarly and practical discussion regarding treating bias crimes as separate and distinct incidents. Critics assert that bias crimes are not inherently different from comparable nonbias offenses and that the consequences for victims are similar. This study presents findings from an analysis of survey data obtained from bias and nonbias assault victims from the city of Boston. Although there are several limitations …
Hate Crimes
Reign of Terror
Hate Crime: Confronting Violence against Lesbians and Gay Men
Foreword - The Honorable John Conyers Jr Introduction Survivor's Story - Claudia Brenner Eight Bullets PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM Anti-Gay Violence and Victimizaton in the United States - Kevin T Berrill An Overview Trends in Violence and Discrimination Against Gay Men in New York City - Laura Dean, Shanyu Wu and John L Martin 1984 to 1990 Violence in the Streets - Beatrice von Schulthess Anti-Lesbian Assault and Harassment in San Franc…
Where are all the victims: Understanding the determinants of official identification of human trafficking incidents
Research Summary The passage of new laws that criminalize the trafficking of persons for labor and sexual services has raised public awareness about the problem of human trafficking. In response, police must understand the problem, identify human trafficking victims, and make arrests. The numbers of victims identified to date, however, has paled in comparison with official estimates, which leads some to question the existence of a human trafficki…
Hate Crime Offenders: An Expanded Typology
Little research has been conducted to determine the motivations of hate crime offenders. This article builds on an earlier work of J. Levin and McDevitt (1993) in which a typology of offender motivations was first articulated. We reanalyze 169 Boston police case files that were originally studied in order to provide empirical grounding for the typology. In this updated study, characteristics of the three original motives—thrill, defensive, and mi…
Consequences for Victims: A Comparison of Bias- and Non-Bias-Motivated Assaults
There has been a great deal of scholarly and practical discussion regarding treating bias crimes as separate and distinct incidents. Critics assert that bias crimes are not inherently different from comparable nonbias offenses and that the consequences for victims are similar. This study presents findings from an analysis of survey data obtained from bias and nonbias assault victims from the city of Boston. Although there are several limitations …
Situational policing: Neighbourhood development and crime control
Over the past two decades, the Broken Windows version of social disorganization theory has had a significant impact on law enforcement practices in the United States. Contemporary sociologists, however, have demonstrated that neighbourhood‐level collective efficacy (or a lack thereof) is a more significant predictor of violent crime than are physical and social disorder (i.e., broken windows). Collective efficacy is viewed as an evolving neighbou…
Bias-Crime Reporting: Organizational Responses to Ambiguity, Uncertainty, and Infrequency in Eight Police Departments
Over the past two decades, significant efforts have established categories of crimes motivated by bias and so enhanced the quality of information about the prevalence of such crimes in the United States. As part of a national reporting system established by the Hate Crime Statistics Act, local police agencies collect information about the prevalence and characteristics of bias-crime incidents. Although the quality of this program has improved sin…
One Scale Fits All? Assessing Racial Differences in the Measurement of Attitudes Toward the Police
Research consistently shows that minorities have less confidence in the police and perceive less procedural justice during encounters than Whites. This work generally concludes that the differences in perceptions by race are due to actual differences in attitudes, then proceeds to explore the origins of these differences. However, scholarly work has not yet explored the possibility that this finding is related to how members of different racial g…
Identifying and Measuring Racial Profiling by the Police
Over the past decade, public concern about racial profiling and racially disparate treatment of drivers during routine traffic stops has become a critical issue facing law enforcement. Racial disparities in traffic stops, citations and searches impose serious costs on minority citizens and can strain relationships between community members and the police. Over the past decade, researchers, police administrators and legal advocates have employed v…
Hate Crime: Confronting Violence against Lesbians and Gay Men
Foreword - The Honorable John Conyers Jr Introduction Survivor's Story - Claudia Brenner Eight Bullets PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM Anti-Gay Violence and Victimizaton in the United States - Kevin T Berrill An Overview Trends in Violence and Discrimination Against Gay Men in New York City - Laura Dean, Shanyu Wu and John L Martin 1984 to 1990 Violence in the Streets - Beatrice von Schulthess Anti-Lesbian Assault and Harassment in San Franc…
Hate Crimes
Reign of Terror
Hate Crime: Confronting Violence against Lesbians and Gay Men
Foreword - The Honorable John Conyers Jr Introduction Survivor's Story - Claudia Brenner Eight Bullets PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM Anti-Gay Violence and Victimizaton in the United States - Kevin T Berrill An Overview Trends in Violence and Discrimination Against Gay Men in New York City - Laura Dean, Shanyu Wu and John L Martin 1984 to 1990 Violence in the Streets - Beatrice von Schulthess Anti-Lesbian Assault and Harassment in San Franc…
Consequences for Victims: A Comparison of Bias- and Non-Bias-Motivated Assaults
There has been a great deal of scholarly and practical discussion regarding treating bias crimes as separate and distinct incidents. Critics assert that bias crimes are not inherently different from comparable nonbias offenses and that the consequences for victims are similar. This study presents findings from an analysis of survey data obtained from bias and nonbias assault victims from the city of Boston. Although there are several limitations …
Hate Crime Offenders: An Expanded Typology
Little research has been conducted to determine the motivations of hate crime offenders. This article builds on an earlier work of J. Levin and McDevitt (1993) in which a typology of offender motivations was first articulated. We reanalyze 169 Boston police case files that were originally studied in order to provide empirical grounding for the typology. In this updated study, characteristics of the three original motives—thrill, defensive, and mi…
Situational policing: Neighbourhood development and crime control
Over the past two decades, the Broken Windows version of social disorganization theory has had a significant impact on law enforcement practices in the United States. Contemporary sociologists, however, have demonstrated that neighbourhood‐level collective efficacy (or a lack thereof) is a more significant predictor of violent crime than are physical and social disorder (i.e., broken windows). Collective efficacy is viewed as an evolving neighbou…
Bias-Crime Reporting: Organizational Responses to Ambiguity, Uncertainty, and Infrequency in Eight Police Departments
Over the past two decades, significant efforts have established categories of crimes motivated by bias and so enhanced the quality of information about the prevalence of such crimes in the United States. As part of a national reporting system established by the Hate Crime Statistics Act, local police agencies collect information about the prevalence and characteristics of bias-crime incidents. Although the quality of this program has improved sin…
Political influences on racial disparities in traffic enforcement practices
Identifying and Measuring Racial Profiling by the Police
Over the past decade, public concern about racial profiling and racially disparate treatment of drivers during routine traffic stops has become a critical issue facing law enforcement. Racial disparities in traffic stops, citations and searches impose serious costs on minority citizens and can strain relationships between community members and the police. Over the past decade, researchers, police administrators and legal advocates have employed v…
Where are all the victims: Understanding the determinants of official identification of human trafficking incidents
Research Summary The passage of new laws that criminalize the trafficking of persons for labor and sexual services has raised public awareness about the problem of human trafficking. In response, police must understand the problem, identify human trafficking victims, and make arrests. The numbers of victims identified to date, however, has paled in comparison with official estimates, which leads some to question the existence of a human trafficki…
Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed
One Scale Fits All? Assessing Racial Differences in the Measurement of Attitudes Toward the Police
Research consistently shows that minorities have less confidence in the police and perceive less procedural justice during encounters than Whites. This work generally concludes that the differences in perceptions by race are due to actual differences in attitudes, then proceeds to explore the origins of these differences. However, scholarly work has not yet explored the possibility that this finding is related to how members of different racial g…
New laws but few cases: Understanding the challenges to the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases
Hate Crimes
Hate Crimes
Hate crime is defined by the FBI as a criminal offense motivated by bias against the following protected categories: race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity. There are three official sources of hate crime data in the United States: the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), the National Incident‐Based Reporting System (NIBRS, part of the UCR reporting program), and the NCVS (National Crime Victimizati…
Building Bridges Between Researchers and Police Practitioners in Small and Midsize Law Enforcement Agencies in the United States
Although partnerships between researchers and police practitioners have increased over the last few decades in some of the largest police agencies in the United States, very few small agencies have engaged in a partnership with a researcher. Of the 18,000 local police agencies in the United States, small agencies with less than 25 sworn officers make up about three quarters of all police agencies. To support future collaborations between research…
Rising Gun Sales in the Wake of Mass Shootings and Gun Legislation
Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops: An Investigation of Race/Ethnicity and Minor Traffic Violations
The perception of disparate traffic enforcement actions by police, commonly referred to as racial profiling, has eroded trust between police departments and the communities they serve. In an effort to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in traffic stops and build trust between police and citizens, several U.S. cities have passed legislation that discourages or prohibits police officers from conducting traffic stops for minor traffic violations s…
Criminology (17 works) · Political science (16 works) · Law (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (11 works) · Law (7 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (7 works) · Law enforcement (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works)