Michael D. White is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University, and is associate director of ASU’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety. He is also director of the doctoral program in Criminology and Criminal Justice at ASU. Professor White is co-director of training and technical assistance for the U.S. Department of Justice Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program. He received his doctorate in criminal justice from Temple University in 1999. Prior to entering academia, White worked as a deputy sheriff in Pennsylvania.
Professor White’s primary research interests involve the police, including use of force, technology, and misconduct. His recent work has been published in Justice Quarterly, Criminology and Public Policy, Criminal Justice and Behavior and Applied Cognitive Psychology. He is co-author of "Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic" (2016); and "Jammed Up: Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department" (2013; both published by New York University Press). White has commented extensively in the media on police issues, especially body-worn cameras, including in Scientific American, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, TIME Magazine, NPR, and MSNBC. He also testified about body-worn cameras before the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. White recently completed a multi-site randomized controlled trial testing the impact of police officer body-worn cameras in Tempe, Arizona and Spokane, Washington (funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation). He is currently working with the Tempe (AZ) Police Department to design and evaluate a de-escalation training as part of their Strategies for Policing Innovation project (funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance).
Ph.D. Criminal Justice, Temple University 1999
policing: use of force, misconduct, technology and innovation
BOOKS:
White, Michael D. & Fradella, Henry F. (2016). Stop and frisk: The use and abuse of a controversial policing tactic. New York: New York University Press.
Kane, Robert J. & White, Michael D. (2013). Jammed up: Bad cops, police misconduct, and the New York City Police Department. New York: New York University Press.
Rice, Stephen & White, Michael D. (Eds.) (2010). Race, ethnicity and policing: New and essential readings. New York: New York University Press.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES:
*Indicates paper published with a graduate student.
2018
White, Michael D. & Fradella, Henry F. (forthcoming). The intersection of law, policy, and police body-worn cameras: An exploration of critical issues. Symposium Issue 96 (5), North Carolina Law Review.
*White, Michael D., Gaub, Janne E., & Todak, Natalie. (forthcoming). Exploring the potential for body-worn cameras to reduce violence in police-citizen encounters. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. doi:10.1093/police/paw057.
White, Michael D., Todak, Natalie, & Gaub, Janne E. (forthcoming). Examining body -worn camera integration and acceptance among police officers, citizens, and external stakeholders. Criminology and Public Policy.
2017
*White, Michael D., Todak, Natalie, & Gaub, Janne E. (2017). Assessing citizen perceptions of body-worn cameras after encounters with police. Policing: An International Journal, 40 (4), 689-703.
Fradella, Henry F. & White, Michael D. (2017). Reforming stop-and-frisk. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law and Society, 18 (3), 45-64.
Morrow, Weston J., White, Michael D., & Fradella, Henry (2017). After the stop: Exploring the racial/ethnic disparities in police use of force during Terry stops. Police Quarterly, 20 (4), 367-396.
2016
White, Michael D. (2016). Transactional encounters, crisis-driven reform, and the potential for a national deadly force database. Criminology and Public Policy, 15 (1), 223-235.
*White, Michael D., Fradella, Henry, Morrow, Weston & Mellom, Doug (2016). Federal civil litigation as an instrument of police reform: A natural experiment exploring the effects of the Floyd ruling on stop and frisk activities in New York City. Symposium issue of the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 14 (9), 9-66.
*White, Michael D, Mulvey, Philip, & Dario, Lisa (2016). Arrestees and their perceptions of the police: Exploring the durability of the procedural justice-legitimacy relationship across offender types. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 43 (3), 343-364.
*Fradella, Henry, Morrow, Weston J., & White, Michael D. (2016). Terry and SQF viewed through the lens of the suspicion heuristic. Criminal Law Bulletin, 52 (4), 871-922.
*Gaub, Janne E., Choate, David E., Todak Natalie, Katz, Charles M., & White, Michael D. (2016). Officer perceptions of police body-worn cameras before and after deployment: A study of three departments. Police Quarterly, 19 (3), 275-302.
Kane, Robert J. & White, Michael D. (2016). TASER exposure and cognitive impairment: Implications for valid Miranda waivers and the timing of police custodial interrogations. Criminology and Public Policy, 15 (1), 79-107.
*Shjarback, John A. & White, Michael D. (2016). Departmental professionalism and its impact on indicators of violence in police-citizen encounters. Police Quarterly, 19 (1), 32-62.
2015
White, Michael D, Ready, Justin T., Kane, Robert J., Yamashiro, Carl T., Goldsworthy, Sharon, & Bond McClain, Darya (2015). Examining cognitive functioning following TASER exposure: A randomized controlled trial. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29 (4), 600-607.
2014
White, Michael D. (2014). The New York City Police Department, its crime-control strategies and organizational changes, 1970-2009. Justice Quarterly, 31 (1), 74-95 (Special issue on the New York City crime decline).
*White, Michael D., Ready, Justin T., Kane, Robert J., & Dario, Lisa (2014). Examining the effects of the TASER on cognitive functioning: Findings from a pilot study with police recruits. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 10 (3), 267-290.
Cooper, Jonathon A., White, Michael D., Ward, Kyle, Raganella, Anthony J., & Saunders, Jessica (2014). Exploring the nexus of officer race/ethnicity, sex and job satisfaction: The case of the NYPD. Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society, 15 (2), 43-59.
Mulvey, Philip & White, Michael D. (2014). The potential for violence in arrests of persons with mental illness. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 37 (2), 404-419.
2013
White, Michael D. & Kane, Robert J. (2013). Pathways to career-ending police misconduct: An examination of patterns, timing and organizational responses to officer malfeasance in the NYPD. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 40 (11), 1301 -1325.
White, Michael D. & Katz, Charles M. (2013). Policing convenience store crime Lessons from the Glendale, Arizona Smart Policing Initiative. Police Quarterly, 16 (3): 305-322. Special Issue on the Smart Policing Initiative (edited by Michael D. White and Charles M. Katz).
*White, Michael D., Ready, Justin, Riggs, Courtney, Dawes, Donald M., Hinz, Andrew & Ho, Jeffrey D. (2013). An incident-level profile of TASER device deployments in arrest-related deaths. Police Quarterly, 16 (1), 85-112.
2012
White, Michael D. & Klinger, David. (2012). “Contagious fire?” An empirical assessment of the “problem” of multi-shooter/multi-shot deadly force incidents in police work. Crime and Delinquency, 58 (2), 196-221.
*White, Michael D., Mulvey, Philip, Fox, Andrew, & Choate, David (2012). A hero’s welcome? Exploring the prevalence and problems of military veterans in the arrestee population. Justice Quarterly, 29(2), 258-286.
*White, Michael D., Saunders, Jessica, Fisher, Christopher, & Mellow, Jeff (2012). Exploring inmate reentry in a local jail setting: Implications for outreach, service use and recidivism. Crime and Delinquency, 58 (1), 124-146.
2011
*White, Michael D., Mellow, Jeff, Englander, Kristin, & Ruffinengo, Marc (2011). Halfway Back: An Alternative to Revocation for Technical Parole Violators. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 22 (2), 140-166.
*Katz, Charles M., Fox, Andrew M., & White, Michael D. (2011). Assessing the relationship between immigration status and drug use. Justice Quarterly, 28 (4), 541-575.
Ready, Justin & White, Michael D. (2011). Exploring Patterns of TASER Use by the Police: An Officer-Level Analysis. Journal of Crime and Justice, 34 (3), 190-204.
2010
White, Michael D. (2010). Jim Longstreet, Mike Marshall and the lost art of policing skid row. Criminology and Public Policy, 9 (4), 883-896.
*White, Michael D., Cooper, Jon, Saunders, Jessica, & Raganella, Anthony J. (2010). Motivations for becoming a police officer: Re-assessing officer attitudes and job satisfaction after six years on the street. Journal of Criminal Justice, 38 (4), 520-530.
White, Michael D. & Ready, Justin (2010). The impact of the TASER on suspect resistance: Identifying predictors of effectiveness. Crime and Delinquency, 56 (1), 70-102.
*Kenney, Dennis, White, Michael D., & Ruffinengo, Marc. (2010). Expanding the role of patrol in criminal investigations: Houston’s investigative first responder project. Police Quarterly, 13 (2), 136-160.
2009
White, Michael D. & Ready, Justin (2009). Examining fatal and nonfatal incidents involving the TASER: Identifying predictors of suspect death reported in the media. Criminology and Public Policy, 8 (4), 865-891.
Kane, Robert J. & White, Michael D. (2009). Bad cops: A study of career-ending misconduct among New York City police officers. Criminology and Public Policy, 8 (4), 737-769.
*Schroeder, David A. & White, Michael D. (2009). Exploring the use of DNA evidence in homicide investigations: Implications for detective work and case clearance. Police Quarterly, 12(3), 319-342.
2008
White, Michael D. (2008). Identifying good cops early: Predicting recruit performance in the academy. Police Quarterly, 11 (1), 27-49.
*White, Michael D. & Fisher, Christopher (2008). Assessing our knowledge of identity theft: The challenges to effective prevention and control efforts. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 19 (1), 3-24.
*White, Michael D. & Escobar, Gipsy (2008). Making good cops in the 21st century: Emerging issues for the effective recruitment, selection and training of police in the United States and abroad. International Review of Law Computers and Technology, 22 (102), 119-134.
White, Michael D. & Terry, Karen (2008). Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church: Revisiting the rotten apples explanation. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35 (5), 658-678.
*Ready, Justin, White, Michael D., & Fisher, Christopher (2008). Shock value: A comparative analysis of news reports and official police records on TASER deployments. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, 31 (1), 148-170.
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CRJ 512 | Seminar in Policing |
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INVITED SPEECHES/PRESENTATIONS/COMMENTARIES:
Judges and Court Executive Officers, Scottsdale, AZ, September 26, 2017
Guest Editor:
Policing Quarterly (2016), volume 19 Issue 3
Police Quarterly (2013) volume 16 Issue 3
American Society of Criminology
Academy for Criminal Justice Sciences
Western Society of Criminology (Vice President, 2018-2019)
Graduate Student Mentoring (2008-Current)
Dissertation Committees:
External Reader on Dissertations:
Master’s Thesis Committees:
ASU Barrett Honors Thesis Committees:
CURRENT POSITION:
Professor, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University: August 2014- Current
Associate Professor: August 2008 – July 2014
Associate Director, Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety (ASU): August 2009 – Current
Director of the Ph.D. Program in Criminology and Criminal Justice (ASU): January 2016 - Current
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration: Associate Professor: January 2007- August 2008; Assistant Professor: August 2003- December 2006
Criminal Justice Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CJREC): Deputy Director: August 2004- August 2008; Senior Research Associate: October 2003 – August 2004
University of North Florida, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice: Assistant Professor: July 2001- August 2003
Crime and Justice Research Institute (CJRI), Research Associate: January 1994 – July 2001
Northampton County (PA) Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Sheriff: February 1992 – December 1993