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Body‐worn cameras’ effects on police officers and citizen behavior: A systematic review by Lum, Cynthia, Koper, Christopher S., Wilson, David B., Stoltz, Megan, Goodier, Michael, Eggins, Elizabeth, Higginson, Angela, Mazerolle, Lorraine

“…PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Body-worn cameras (BWCs) do not have clear or consistent effects on most officer or citizen behaviors, but different practices need…”
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Predictors of self-reported health among the elderly in Ghana: a cross sectional study by Fonta, Cynthia Lum, Nonvignon, Justice, Aikins, Moses, Nwosu, Emmanuel, Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia

“…Self-reported health is a widely used measure of health status across individuals. As the ageing population increases, the health of the elderly also becomes…”
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TRAJECTORIES OF CRIME AT PLACES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF STREET SEGMENTS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE by WEISBURD, DAVID, BUSHWAY, SHAWN, LUM, CYNTHIA, YANG, SUE-MING

“…Studies of crime at micro places have generally relied on cross‐sectional data and reported the distributions of crime statistics over short periods of time…”
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COMMUNITY POLICING OR ZERO TOLERANCE? Preferences of Police Officers from 22 Countries in Transition by Lum, Cynthia

“…Since the 1970s, approximately 60 countries in the world have experienced major political transition away from authoritarianism towards democracy and more…”
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Economic Analysis of Health Inequality Among the Elderly in Ghana by Fonta, Cynthia Lum, Nonvignon, Justice, Aikins, Moses, Nonvignon, Jacob, Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia

“…In Ghana, the ageing population is growing at a fast pace amidst challenging socioeconomic environment. As such, the health of elderly persons in Ghana is of…”
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Does Research Design Affect Study Outcomes in Criminal Justice? by Weisburd, David, Lum, Cynthia M., Petrosino, Anthony

“…Does the type of research design used in a crime and justice study influence its conclusions? Scholars agree in theory that randomized experimental studies…”
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PROTOCOL: Body‐worn cameras’ effects on police officers and citizen behavior: A systematic review by Lum, Cynthia, Koper, Christopher S., Wilson, David B., Stoltz, Megan, Goodier, Michael, Eggins, Elizabeth, Higginson, Angela, Mazerolle, Lorraine

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Perspectives on Policing: Cynthia Lum by Lum, Cynthia

“…The Editorial Committee of the Annual Review of Criminology has launched a new section within the journal in which we invite one or more authors to write a…”
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Measuring the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Police Proactivity by Wu, Xiaoyun, Lum, Cynthia

“…Objectives To measure where officers engage in proactive, self-initiated activities, how much time they spend being proactive, and whether their proactive…”
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Does Weisburd's law of crime concentration apply to traffic crashes? Implications for policing and traffic law enforcement by Park, Sangjun, Lum, Cynthia

“…PurposeA considerable amount of police evaluation research focuses on innovative approaches to reduce crime at places. This is hardly coincidental; policing…”
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The practice of proactive traffic stops by Wu, Xiaoyun, Lum, Cynthia

“…Purpose Empirical research suggests that traffic enforcement is the most common type of proactive activity police officers engage in on a daily basis. Further,…”
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Can We Really Defund the Police? A Nine-Agency Study of Police Response to Calls for Service by Lum, Cynthia, Koper, Christopher S., Wu, Xiaoyun

“…The protests following the killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020 led to contentious discussions and debates in many cities about policing, with some…”
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When Can We Conclude That Treatments or Programs "Don't Work"? by Weisburd, David, Lum, Cynthia M., Yang, Sue-Ming

“…In this article, the authors examine common practices of reporting statistically nonsignificant findings in criminal justice evaluation studies. They find that…”
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First Point of Contact: Can Procedural Justice Be Applied by Emergency Calltakers? by Goodier, Michael, Lum, Cynthia

“…Abstract Emergency calltakers are the first point of contact for community members requesting police services. In the current period of demands for reform in…”
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The Supply and Demand Shifts in Policing at the Start of the Pandemic: A National Multi-Wave Survey of the Impacts of COVID-19 on American Law Enforcement by Lum, Cynthia, Maupin, Carl, Stoltz, Megan

“…We report the results of the only multi-wave survey of a large and geographically diverse sample of police agencies across the United States to understand the…”
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The Influence of Places on Police Decision Pathways: From Call for Service to Arrest by Lum, Cynthia

“…Research on factors that influence police discretion usually focuses on individual or situational characteristics (e.g., an officer or citizen's age, race or…”
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Research on body‐worn cameras: What we know, what we need to know by Lum, Cynthia, Stoltz, Megan, Koper, Christopher S., Scherer, J. Amber

“…Research Summary In this article, we provide the most comprehensive narrative review to date of the research evidence base for body‐worn cameras (BWCs)…”
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DETERRENCE, CRIMINAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND POLICE by NAGIN, DANIEL S., SOLOW, ROBERT M., LUM, CYNTHIA

“…In this article, we join three distinct literatures on crime control—the deterrence literature, the policing literature as it relates to crime control, and the…”
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Measuring the Impacts of Everyday Police Proactive Activities: Tackling the Endogeneity Problem by Wu, Xiaoyun, Koper, Christopher, Lum, Cynthia

“…Objectives To examine how the practice of daily proactivity affects and responds to changes in crime at micro geographic and temporal scales. Methods Police…”
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Do everyday proactive policing activities reduce vehicle crashes? Examining a commonly held law enforcement belief using a novel method by Wu, Xiaoyun, Lum, Cynthia, Koper, Christopher

“…Traffic accidents present a significant challenge to public safety and are a top priority for many law enforcement agencies in the United States. Empirical…”
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