Publications

Monroe, Courtenay, Sophia Hatz, and Kristine Eck. “Judicial Decisions on Electronic Control Devices and Police Escalation of Force.” Journal of Politics, forthcoming.

Abstract: Jurisprudence regarding whether police use of Electronic Control Devices (ECDs) constitutes excessive use of force varies substantially across U.S. states and over time. In this letter, we investigate the extent to which year-to-year switches in U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions lead to escalations in police use of force. Using a generalized difference-in-difference (DID) design, we show that switches in judicial restrictiveness regarding the legal use of ECDs are associated with an increase in the use of lethal force as measured by the number of civilians shot and killed by police officers.

Eck, Kristine, Courtenay Conrad and Charles Crabtree. 2021. “Policing and Political Violence.” Journal of Conflict Resolution 65(10): 1641-1656.

Eck, Kristine and Charles Crabtree. 2020. “Gender Differences in the Prosecution of Police Assault: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Sweden.” PLOS One 15(7): 1-16.

Eck, Kristine and Christopher J. Fariss. 2018. “Ill-Treatment and Torture in Sweden: A Critique of Cross-Case Comparisons.” Human Rights Quarterly, 40(3): 591-604.

Eck, Kristine. 2018. “The Origins of Policing Institutions: Legacies of Colonial Insurgency.” Journal of Peace Research 55(2): 147-160.

Eck, Kristine. 2018. “Institutional Variation in Police Misconduct Oversight Systems.” APSA Comparative Politics Newsletter 28(1): 29-33.