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Articles by: Christof Nägel

A group of heavily armored police officers stands in an urban setting, highlighting tensions. A graffiti message on a nearby structure expresses opposition to police presence.

High-profile events can shape attitudes toward the police – but context matters

17th July 2023

Christof Nägel, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Cologne

ANALYSIS: A series of high-profile instances of police misconduct in recent years (including in the US, the UK, Germany and most recently France) are believed to have damaged trust in policing – but to what extent? Post-doctoral researcher Christof Nägel and Associate Professor Amy Nivette used the latest research techniques to examine how police misconduct impacted public trust, and whether the effect was the same across different communities.

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Christof Nägel
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Christof Nägel is a quantitative sociologist with a broad interest in criminological topics through a causal inference lens. His research areas include policing, interpersonal and political violence, institutional trust, and policy evaluation. He tries to achieve a better understanding of these issues through open science, causal inference and computational methods. Currently, he is working as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne. Before that, he held research and teaching positions at the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) as well as the German Police University in Münster.