Jihyun Kwon
Biographic Data
| ID | 4251083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jihyun Kwon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jihyun |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwon |
| SIGNATURE | KWON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5083-6979 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Does oversight structure matter for restraining police use of force and enhancing public legitimacy? Disconfirmatory case studies on South Korea, Ontario (Canada), and South Africa
Independent civilian police oversight is often hailed as the best alternative to internal oversight and a necessary component of “democratic policing.” However, it remains unclear whether these systems have actually produced the changes they promise, such as reducing police use of force, improving accountability, strengthening public trust, and increasing confidence in both police and oversight institutions. Growing global calls to defund, detask…
Jurisdictional overlap
Introducing multiple layers of “independent” structures has become a go‐to strategy for public agent oversight. The question remains whether such decentralized, overlapping structural arrangements of oversight reduce regulatory uncertainty and produce better policy outcomes. Using the case study of Ontario, Canada, I examine the consequences of institutional layering for the specific and broader goal of independent oversight and democratic polici…
Policing the Police
We examine public perceptions of the police complaints system in Ontario, Canada, using results from a general population survey of Toronto residents. Most of our respondents have indicated that they would file a formal complaint if subject to police verbal abuse or brutality. Yet, a large proportion of these same respondents did not believe their complaint would be treated fairly. Consistent with the broader literature, these perceptions of unfa…
Expressing refusals in Korean and in American English
This study investigated refusals of forty Korean speakers in Korea (KSKs) and thirty-seven American English speakers in the USA (AEAs). Subjects' refusals were collected using a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) taken from Beebe, Takahashi, and Uliss-Weltz (1990). Data were analyzed in terms of semantic formula sequences and were categorized according to the refusal taxonomy by Beebe et al. (1990). Results indicated that although a similar range of…
Interlanguage Refusals
Expressing refusals in Korean and in American English
This study investigated refusals of forty Korean speakers in Korea (KSKs) and thirty-seven American English speakers in the USA (AEAs). Subjects' refusals were collected using a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) taken from Beebe, Takahashi, and Uliss-Weltz (1990). Data were analyzed in terms of semantic formula sequences and were categorized according to the refusal taxonomy by Beebe et al. (1990). Results indicated that although a similar range of…
Jurisdictional overlap
Introducing multiple layers of “independent” structures has become a go‐to strategy for public agent oversight. The question remains whether such decentralized, overlapping structural arrangements of oversight reduce regulatory uncertainty and produce better policy outcomes. Using the case study of Ontario, Canada, I examine the consequences of institutional layering for the specific and broader goal of independent oversight and democratic polici…
Interlanguage Refusals
Expressing refusals in Korean and in American English
This study investigated refusals of forty Korean speakers in Korea (KSKs) and thirty-seven American English speakers in the USA (AEAs). Subjects' refusals were collected using a Discourse Completion Test (DCT) taken from Beebe, Takahashi, and Uliss-Weltz (1990). Data were analyzed in terms of semantic formula sequences and were categorized according to the refusal taxonomy by Beebe et al. (1990). Results indicated that although a similar range of…
Policing the Police
We examine public perceptions of the police complaints system in Ontario, Canada, using results from a general population survey of Toronto residents. Most of our respondents have indicated that they would file a formal complaint if subject to police verbal abuse or brutality. Yet, a large proportion of these same respondents did not believe their complaint would be treated fairly. Consistent with the broader literature, these perceptions of unfa…
Jurisdictional overlap
Introducing multiple layers of “independent” structures has become a go‐to strategy for public agent oversight. The question remains whether such decentralized, overlapping structural arrangements of oversight reduce regulatory uncertainty and produce better policy outcomes. Using the case study of Ontario, Canada, I examine the consequences of institutional layering for the specific and broader goal of independent oversight and democratic polici…
Does oversight structure matter for restraining police use of force and enhancing public legitimacy? Disconfirmatory case studies on South Korea, Ontario (Canada), and South Africa
Independent civilian police oversight is often hailed as the best alternative to internal oversight and a necessary component of “democratic policing.” However, it remains unclear whether these systems have actually produced the changes they promise, such as reducing police use of force, improving accountability, strengthening public trust, and increasing confidence in both police and oversight institutions. Growing global calls to defund, detask…
Psychology (4 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Accountability (1 work) · American English (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)