Justin Nix
@jnixy.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UNO.
Forever a Gamecock though.
Research interests: police, procedural justice, use of force
Forever a Gamecock though.
Research interests: police, procedural justice, use of force
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Justin Nix
@jnixy.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Justin Nix
Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Ahead of the new year, I’ve simplified my website - aiming for a more “minimal” feel (at least on the homepage). I hope you’ll visit and explore!
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Incredible new dataset on police shootings in the US, courtesy of Tom Clark, Adam Glynn, and Michael Leo Owens for their new book “Deadly Force: Police Shootings in Urban America.” It covers all cities with 100K+ residents and includes both fatal & nonfatal outcomes.
policeshootingsdata.com/data/
policeshootingsdata.com/data/
June 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Incredible new dataset on police shootings in the US, courtesy of Tom Clark, Adam Glynn, and Michael Leo Owens for their new book “Deadly Force: Police Shootings in Urban America.” It covers all cities with 100K+ residents and includes both fatal & nonfatal outcomes.
policeshootingsdata.com/data/
policeshootingsdata.com/data/
Just accepted for publication!
The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons learned from a decade of SAKI evaluations
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The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons learned from a decade of SAKI evaluations
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The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons learned from a decade of SAKI evaluations | Justin Nix
Here we describe the processes and quantify the outcomes of the SAKI project in Anoka County, MN – a mid-sized suburban/rural jurisdiction – and make comparisons to the three seminal SAKI evaluation p...
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June 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just accepted for publication!
The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons learned from a decade of SAKI evaluations
jnix.netlify.app/publication/...
The Minnesota Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI): Lessons learned from a decade of SAKI evaluations
jnix.netlify.app/publication/...
George Floyd was killed 5 years ago. Expect news stories in the coming days that wrestle with why police killings continue unabated, despite all the reforms that have been introduced over the last 5-10yrs.
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Police Killings Still Trending Upward post-Floyd | Justin Nix
This weekend marks 5 years since George Floyd was killed by Officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police Department. Expect to see some news stories in the coming weeks wrestling with the question ...
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May 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
George Floyd was killed 5 years ago. Expect news stories in the coming days that wrestle with why police killings continue unabated, despite all the reforms that have been introduced over the last 5-10yrs.
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Exciting news → The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UNO is seeking applications for the Directorship of the Juvenile Justice Institute.
More about JJI here: www.unomaha.edu/college-of-p...
Apply at this link: unomaha.peopleadmin.com/postings/23816
More about JJI here: www.unomaha.edu/college-of-p...
Apply at this link: unomaha.peopleadmin.com/postings/23816
May 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Exciting news → The School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at UNO is seeking applications for the Directorship of the Juvenile Justice Institute.
More about JJI here: www.unomaha.edu/college-of-p...
Apply at this link: unomaha.peopleadmin.com/postings/23816
More about JJI here: www.unomaha.edu/college-of-p...
Apply at this link: unomaha.peopleadmin.com/postings/23816
Interesting new paper in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social. The authors conclude that variation in fatal police shooting rates across agencies is "far from random" and "primarily associated with...differences in crime rates, 911 call rates, officers per capita and the prevalence of guns."
April 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Interesting new paper in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social. The authors conclude that variation in fatal police shooting rates across agencies is "far from random" and "primarily associated with...differences in crime rates, 911 call rates, officers per capita and the prevalence of guns."
Check out our latest working piece on police shootings - jnix.netlify.app/publication/...
99 Problems but a Clean IV Ain’t One: Measuring and Studying Officer-Involved Shootings | Justin Nix
Historically, a lack of comprehensive data on police shootings has hindered a nuanced understanding of this critical issue. However, in the past decade, the research landscape rapidly evolved with the...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Check out our latest working piece on police shootings - jnix.netlify.app/publication/...
High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding | Science www.science.org/doi/full/10....
High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding
Prior research on racial profiling has found that in encounters with law enforcement, minorities are punished more severely than white civilians. Less is known about the causes of these encounters and...
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March 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
High-frequency location data show that race affects citations and fines for speeding | Science www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Justin Nix
🚨New article alert: "Moving targets: an examination of departmental deadly force policies and police shootings at vehicles" with @julie-a-ward.bsky.social . Open-access.
academic.oup.com/policing/art...
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Moving targets: an examination of departmental deadly force policies and police shootings at vehicles
Abstract. The current study applies variation in departmental deadly force policies by examining constraining and obligating language for a sub-set of poli
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March 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨New article alert: "Moving targets: an examination of departmental deadly force policies and police shootings at vehicles" with @julie-a-ward.bsky.social . Open-access.
academic.oup.com/policing/art...
academic.oup.com/policing/art...
Reposted by Justin Nix
Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias.
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Oops: Trump-Musk Cuts Just Wrecked an NIH Org Championed by GOPers
Republicans once lavished praise on an NIH center that deals with Alzheimer’s. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are hobbling it. What will they say now?
newrepublic.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Scoop --> Trump-Musk cuts just resulted in the firing of numerous top researchers at NIH's center for combating Alzheimer's, sources tell me. They predict big setbacks to fighting dementias.
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
This cause was once championed by *Republicans.*
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
February 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
According to @washingtonpost.com, 1173 people were fatally shot by on-duty police officers in 2024 - the highest annual total since they began tracking in 2015.
February 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
According to @washingtonpost.com, 1173 people were fatally shot by on-duty police officers in 2024 - the highest annual total since they began tracking in 2015.
Gary LaFree’s Stockholm Address is a great read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Understanding what violent street crime, globalization, and ice cream have in common
Research Summary In recent years, nutrition researchers have found that ice cream may have as many health benefits as low-fat milk or yoghurt for those with diabetes or at risk of diabetes. Nonethel...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Gary LaFree’s Stockholm Address is a great read: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Feels like the Pareto Principle is undefeated
Ten percent or so of the public accounts for over half of book-reading
9/ My goal was to vividly contrast the share of adults (y-axis) with the share of books read (x-axis). Merely scatterplotting this wasn't vivid enough for me. And I wanted to show more data than a normal bar chart will! Each bar here has a categorical meaning on top of its dimensions.
January 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Feels like the Pareto Principle is undefeated
I was recently a guest on a new podcast hosted by @policeinservice.bsky.social (professor of criminal justice at SUNY Buffalo State). We talked about procedural justice theory for ~28 minutes.
Police In-Service Training Podcast - Episode 5 jnix.netlify.app/talk/police_...
Police In-Service Training Podcast - Episode 5 jnix.netlify.app/talk/police_...
Police In-Service Training Podcast - Episode 5 | Justin Nix
We discuss procedural justice theory and some of my own research on the topic.
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January 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I was recently a guest on a new podcast hosted by @policeinservice.bsky.social (professor of criminal justice at SUNY Buffalo State). We talked about procedural justice theory for ~28 minutes.
Police In-Service Training Podcast - Episode 5 jnix.netlify.app/talk/police_...
Police In-Service Training Podcast - Episode 5 jnix.netlify.app/talk/police_...
On Saturday I shared a blog post that got re-shared on a YouTube channel with 1.5m followers. I broke my cardinal rule not to look at the comment section and saw lots of folks upset because (1) they didn't read the post and/or (2) it wasn't about what they wanted it to be about.
January 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
On Saturday I shared a blog post that got re-shared on a YouTube channel with 1.5m followers. I broke my cardinal rule not to look at the comment section and saw lots of folks upset because (1) they didn't read the post and/or (2) it wasn't about what they wanted it to be about.
