Newswise — UofL criminal justice professor Justin Nix, co-author of a recent national study that examined the “Ferguson Effect” and its impact on law enforcement’s willingness to perform police duties, is available to comment on the possible repercussions following recent police-related shootings in Baton Rouge, La., St. Paul, Minn., and Dallas, Texas.

Nix can address:The possibility that law enforcement could scale back policing efforts due to the intense public scrutiny encountered in the wake of recent police-related shootings.• The possible ramifications law enforcement officers face and the future of community policing in the wake of the shootings • Why more white people are killed by police, but blacks are 2.5 times more likely to be shot by police• The statistics showing that since 2015, black unarmed suspects are five times more likely to be shot and killed by police than their white counterparts • Which factors are prominent behind the decision to shoot to kill – race, threat level, armed vs. unarmed

BACKGROUND: Nix is a nationally recognized expert in criminology and criminal justice issues with a special interest in policing, police legitimacy, and procedural fairness and serves on the expert panel for the Crime & Justice Research Alliance. His findings have been featured in multiple national media outlets, including The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post. He has consulted with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, National Center for Border Security and Immigration and was a research assistant for the Integrated Data Exchange and Analysis Project by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Smart Policing Initiative.

He is available to the media for phone, in-studio and Skype interviews. He can be contacted at [email protected] or 803-842-9004. If he cannot be reached, contact Matt Lambert at 502-250-6794 or [email protected].

See a video from WLKY-TVUofL professor Justin Nix offers expert analysis of the police shooting in Dallas.