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Robin S. Engel is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a notable concentration in sociology and political science as well as political science and international relations. The scientist's work spans related subfields including health, emergency medicine, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research topics cover policing practices and perceptions, crime patterns and interventions, gun ownership and violence research, criminal justice and corrections analysis, emergency and acute care studies, injury epidemiology and prevention, and occupational health and safety research.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robin S. Engel include Nicholas Corsaro, Hannah D. McManus, Gabrielle T. Isaza, Ryan T. Motz, and Tamara D. Herold.

The scientist has published in several venues, notably:

  • Criminology & Public Policy
  • Police Quarterly
  • Journal of Experimental Criminology
  • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Law and Human Behavior

Recent papers authored by Robin S. Engel include the following:

  • Does de-escalation training work? (2020), published in Criminology & Public Policy
  • Moving beyond "Best Practice": Experiences in Police Reform and a Call for Evidence to Reduce Officer-Involved Shootings (2020), published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Assessing the impact of de-escalation training on police behavior: Reducing police use of force in the Louisville, KY Metro Police Department (2022), published in Criminology & Public Policy
  • De-Escalation Training Receptivity and First-Line Police Supervision: Findings from the Louisville Metro Police Study (2021), published in Police Quarterly

Other relevant publications by coauthors working with or related to Engel's research include "Implicit bias training for police: Evaluating impacts on enforcement disparities" (2024), published in Law and Human Behavior.

Best Publications

  • Citizens' Perceptions of Distributive and Procedural Injustice During Traffic Stops with Police

    Robin Shepard Engel

  • Further exploration of the demeanor hypothesis: The interaction effects of suspects' characteristics and demeanor on police behavior

    Robin Shepard Engel;James J. Sobol;Robert E. Worden

  • Policing mentally disordered suspects: a reexamination of the criminalization hypothesis

    Robin Shepard Engel;Eric Silver

  • Examining the influence of drivers' characteristics during traffic stops with police: Results from a national survey

    Robin Shepard Engel;Jennifer M. Calnon

  • Theory and racial profiling: Shortcomings and future directions in research

    Robin Shepard Engel;Jennifer M. Calnon;Thomas J. Bernard

  • POLICE OFFICERS' ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR, AND SUPERVISORY INFLUENCES: AN ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM SOLVING*

    Robin Shepard Engel;Robert E. Worden

  • Revisiting the Decision to Arrest: Comparing Beat and Community Officers

    Kenneth J. Novak;James Frank;Brad W. Smith;Robin Shepard Engel

  • Reducing Gang Violence Using Focused Deterrence: Evaluating the Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence (CIRV)

    Robin S. Engel;Marie Skubak Tillyer;Nicholas Corsaro

  • The Effects of Supervisory Styles on Patrol Officer Behavior

    Robin Shepard Engel

  • Supervisory styles of patrol sergeants and lieutenants

    Robin Shepard Engel

  • Does de-escalation training work?

    Robin S. Engel;Hannah D. McManus;Tamara D. Herold

  • Explaining suspects' resistance and disrespect toward police

    Robin Shepard Engel

  • Toward a Better Understanding of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Search and Seizure Rates

    Robin S. Engel;Richard Johnson

  • Disentangling the influence of suspects' demeanor and mental disorder on arrest

    Kenneth J. Novak;Robin S. Engel

  • Conceptualizing criminal justice theory

    Thomas J. Bernard;Robin Shepard Engel

  • The Impact of Drivers’ Race, Gender, and Age During Traffic Stops Assessing Interaction Terms and the Social Conditioning Model

    Rob Tillyer;Robin S. Engel

  • Most challenging of contexts: assessing the impact of focused deterrence on serious violence in New Orleans

    Nicholas Corsaro;Robin S. Engel

  • COMPARING BENCHMARK METHODOLOGIES FOR POLICE-CITIZEN CONTACTS: TRAFFIC STOP DATA COLLECTION FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE

    Robin Shepard Engel;Jennifer M. Calnon

  • Police–academic partnerships: ending the dialogue of the deaf, the Cincinnati experience

    Robin S. Engel;James L. Whalen

  • Moving beyond “Best Practice”: Experiences in Police Reform and a Call for Evidence to Reduce Officer-Involved Shootings:

    Robin S. Engel;Hannah D. McManus;Gabrielle T. Isaza

  • A Critique of the “Outcome Test” in Racial Profiling Research

    Robin S. Engel

  • The Discretion to Search A Multilevel Examination of Driver Demographics and Officer Characteristics

    Rob Tillyer;Charles F. Klahm;Robin S. Engel

  • Overview of: “Race, Place, and Drug Enforcement: Reconsidering the Impact of Citizen Complaints and Crime Rates on Drug Arrests”

    Robin S. Engel;Michael R. Smith;Francis T. Cullen

Frequent Co-Authors

James Frank
James Frank University of Cincinnati
Francis T. Cullen
Francis T. Cullen University of Cincinnati
Geoffrey P. Alpert
Geoffrey P. Alpert University of South Carolina
Eric Silver
Eric Silver Pennsylvania State University

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