In a recent article titled “Contested Killings: The Mobilizing Effects of Community Contact with Police Violence”, SPP assistant professor Kelsey Shoub and co-author Kevin Morris answer the question of how community contact with the police shapes political behavior. In the article, published in the American Political Science Review, Shoub and Morris examine how police killings affect voting behavior and develop a theory of how community contact with the criminal legal system informs one’s political participation. By comparing neighborhoods near a killing before and after Election Day, they estimate a causal effect on turnout.