Steven Briggs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3772153 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Briggs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Briggs |
| SIGNATURE | BRIGGS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dakota State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1673-3893 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Revisiting the Effect of Rapid Response on the Frequency of Reported Crimes Using an Instrumental Variable Approach
Rapid response to emergency calls for service is among the most widely adopted crime prevention strategies used by police today while practitioners, policy makers, and researchers differ on its crime prevention efficacy. Using observational research designs to examine the relationship between rapid response and crime can give the appearance that faster response times lead to more crime because larger law enforcement agencies often allocate greate…
The CSI Effect, DNA Discourse, and Popular Crime Dramas
Objectives Missing from the literature is an assessment of how forensic evidence, particularly DNA evidence, is portrayed across several fictional crime dramas, rather than just one drama, namely, CSI . The purpose of this article is to explore how DNA evidence is presented in four fictional crime dramas, the context in which it is discussed, and the impact DNA has on case clearance in these fictional dramas. Methods We drew a systematic sample b…
The Impact of Population Selection on Examinations of Discretionary Searches in Traffic Stops
The current study explores whether inconsistent findings in published research regarding the relationship between driver race and discretionary searches can be explained by variation in methodology. A review of published research reveals a consistent pattern between the populations of drivers included in analyses—all drivers or searched drivers—and the relationship between driver race and discretionary searches. This methodological explanation is…
Criminology for dummies
The effect of collective bargaining on large police agency supplemental compensation policies
The effect of collective bargaining on the economic benefits of police employees has been the interest of researchers since the 1960s. This study examines the effect of collective bargaining on supplemental pay benefits for police officers. Using data from the Law Enforcement Management Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey of large police agencies as well as data derived from the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and US Census Bureau, we investigat…
The Municipal Grievance Process
The CSI Effect, DNA Discourse, and Popular Crime Dramas
Objectives Missing from the literature is an assessment of how forensic evidence, particularly DNA evidence, is portrayed across several fictional crime dramas, rather than just one drama, namely, CSI . The purpose of this article is to explore how DNA evidence is presented in four fictional crime dramas, the context in which it is discussed, and the impact DNA has on case clearance in these fictional dramas. Methods We drew a systematic sample b…
The Municipal Grievance Process
The effect of collective bargaining on large police agency supplemental compensation policies
The effect of collective bargaining on the economic benefits of police employees has been the interest of researchers since the 1960s. This study examines the effect of collective bargaining on supplemental pay benefits for police officers. Using data from the Law Enforcement Management Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey of large police agencies as well as data derived from the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and US Census Bureau, we investigat…
Criminology for dummies
The Impact of Population Selection on Examinations of Discretionary Searches in Traffic Stops
The current study explores whether inconsistent findings in published research regarding the relationship between driver race and discretionary searches can be explained by variation in methodology. A review of published research reveals a consistent pattern between the populations of drivers included in analyses—all drivers or searched drivers—and the relationship between driver race and discretionary searches. This methodological explanation is…
The CSI Effect, DNA Discourse, and Popular Crime Dramas
Objectives Missing from the literature is an assessment of how forensic evidence, particularly DNA evidence, is portrayed across several fictional crime dramas, rather than just one drama, namely, CSI . The purpose of this article is to explore how DNA evidence is presented in four fictional crime dramas, the context in which it is discussed, and the impact DNA has on case clearance in these fictional dramas. Methods We drew a systematic sample b…
Revisiting the Effect of Rapid Response on the Frequency of Reported Crimes Using an Instrumental Variable Approach
Rapid response to emergency calls for service is among the most widely adopted crime prevention strategies used by police today while practitioners, policy makers, and researchers differ on its crime prevention efficacy. Using observational research designs to examine the relationship between rapid response and crime can give the appearance that faster response times lead to more crime because larger law enforcement agencies often allocate greate…
Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Economics (2 works)