Introduction

Engel, Robin S.; Worden, Robert E.; Corsaro, Nicholas; McManus, Hannah D.; Reynolds, Danielle; Cochran, Hannah; Isaza, Gabrielle T.; Cherkauskas, Jennifer Calnon

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“…Against this backdrop, we evaluate the extent to which veteran status is a significant predictor of suspect resistance during an arrest. Most empirical research on arrest encounters focuses on the antecedents of police use of force, one of which is suspect resistance—an “encounter characteristic” that is among the most robust in terms of its predictive value (Engel et al, 2019). For example, a recent meta-analysis on use of force predictors based on 19 studies and 44 separate analyses across 12 data sets found that suspect resistance yielded one of the largest mean effect sizes (OR = 2.97), surpassing offense seriousness (OR = 1.46), suspect intoxication (OR = 1.31), and all other demographic characteristics, including those of the responding officer (Bolger, 2015).…”

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Hazardous Duty: Investigating Resistance to Police at the Point of Arrest Among Incarcerated Military Veterans

Morgan

Logan

Arnio

2021

Armed Forces & Society

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The link between military service and crime has been a subject of investigation for several decades. Although research has examined the likelihood of arrest, incarceration, and recidivism across military cohorts, relatively little is known about the circumstances surrounding police contact and suspect behavior at the exact moment of arrest. This is a critical oversight given that what transpires during an arrest can have a marked impact on downstream criminal justice outcomes, including access to diversionary programming like veterans treatment courts. Using a nationally representative survey of prison inmates, this study analyzes veteran and nonveteran self-reports of their arrest controlling for a host of relevant demographic, mental health, and criminal history variables. Findings indicate that veterans are significantly less likely to resist the police at arrest. These results provide further support to the sentiment that military culture and training can have a lasting behavioral influence on those who experience it.

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