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William Terrill is a researcher affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States, focusing on social sciences with a particular emphasis on policing practices, crime patterns, and violence research. Their work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, political science and international relations, health, gender studies, and clinical psychology.

Terrill's research primarily addresses topics such as policing practices and perceptions, crime patterns and interventions, gun ownership and violence, sexual assault and victimization studies, social and intergroup psychology, workplace violence and bullying, and suicide and self-harm studies.

The scientist has contributed to multiple academic publications over recent years. Notable papers include:

  • Police Officer Use of Force Mindset and Street-Level Behavior, 2021, Police Quarterly
  • Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Firearm-Related Pediatric Deaths Related to Legal Intervention, 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • The effect of suspect race on police officers' decisions to draw their weapons, 2020, Justice Quarterly
  • Police Use of Force Escalation and De-escalation: The Use of Systematic Social Observation With Video Footage, 2021, Police Quarterly
  • A Decade of Police Use of Deadly Force Research (2011-2020), 2022, Homicide Studies

Frequent publication venues for Terrill include Homicide Studies, Police Quarterly, Justice Quarterly, Applied Police Briefings, and PEDIATRICS. Their most common outlets for dissemination tend to be interdisciplinary journals combining aspects of policing, social issues, and public health.

Collaboration is a significant component of their work. Frequent co-authors include Logan J. Somers with 11 joint publications, Laura Zimmerman with 5, Jacob T. Foster with 3, Eugene A. Paoline, and Gia M. Badolato each with 1 publication alongside Terrill.

Terrill's research contributes to understanding complex social dynamics in law enforcement and public health contexts. The blend of fields and topics illustrates a broad interdisciplinary approach to examining issues related to policing, violence, and societal impacts.

Best Publications

  • Neighborhood Context and Police Use of Force

    William Terrill;Michael D. Reisig

  • Situational and officer-based determinants of police coercion

    William Terrill;Stephen D. Mastrofski

  • Police Education, Experience, and the Use of Force

    Eugene A. Paoline;William Terrill

  • POLICE CULTURE AND COERCION

    William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline;Peter K. Manning

  • The Effect of Higher Education on Police Behavior

    Jason M. Rydberg;William Terrill

  • Police use of force: a transactional approach

    William Terrill

  • Police Use Of Force And Suspect Resistance: The Micro Process Of The Police-Suspect Encounter

    William Terrill

  • Suspect Disrespect toward the Police

    Michael D. Reisig;John D. McCluskey;Stephen D. Mastrofski;William Terrill

  • Women Police Officers and the Use of Coercion

    Eugene A. Paoline;William Terrill

  • A MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING POLICE CULTURE: THE ROLE OF THE WORKGROUP†

    Jason R. Ingram;Eugene A. Paoline;William Terrill

  • The impact of police culture on traffic stop searches: an analysis of attitudes and behavior

    Eugene A. Paoline;William Terrill

  • Police Use of Less Lethal Force: Does Administrative Policy Matter?

    William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline

  • Higher Education, College Degree Major, and Police Occupational Attitudes

    Eugene A. Paoline;William Terrill;Michael T. Rossler

  • POLICE CULTURE AND OFFICER BEHAVIOR: APPLICATION OF A MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK

    Jason R. Ingram;William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline

  • Examining Less Lethal Force Policy and the Force Continuum: Results From a National Use-of-Force Study

    William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline

  • Peer group aggressiveness and the use of coercion in police–suspect encounters

    John D. McCluskey;William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline

  • Is There Evidence of Racial Disparity in Police Use of Deadly Force? Analyses of Officer-Involved Fatal Shootings in 2015–2016:

    Joseph Cesario;David J. Johnson;William Terrill

  • Police Culture: Adapting to the Strains of the Job

    William Terrill;Eugene A. Paoline

  • Examining police use of force: a smaller agency perspective

    William Terrill;Fredrik H. Leinfelt;Dae Hoon Kwak

  • Citizen Complaints Against the Police An Eight City Examination

    William Terrill;Jason R. Ingram

  • Departmental and citizen complaints as predictors of police coercion

    John D. McCluskey;William Terrill

  • Citizen complaints and problem officers. Examining officer behavior

    William Terrill;John McCluskey

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugene A. Paoline
Eugene A. Paoline University of Central Florida
Michael D. Reisig
Michael D. Reisig Arizona State University
Stephen D. Mastrofski
Stephen D. Mastrofski George Mason University
Lorraine Mazerolle
Lorraine Mazerolle University of Queensland
Peter K. Manning
Peter K. Manning Northeastern University
Geoffrey P. Alpert
Geoffrey P. Alpert University of South Carolina

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