Skogan's work is a masterclass on how to evaluate policing policy from a multitude of angles, consolidating three decades of research to produce the most comprehensive possible examination of stop and frisk in a major American city. For scholars and practitioners alike, Stop & Frisk and the Politics of Crime in Chicago is a much-needed intervention in the field, stripping political agenda as much as possible and instead presenting the reality of the stop
and frisk's impacts.
Wesley Skogan is Professor Emeritus at Northwestern University, with joint appointments in the Political Science Department and the University's Institute for Policy Research. His research focuses on community policing initiatives in Chicago and elsewhere; neighborhood and community responses to crime; and criminal victimization and the evaluation of service programs for victims. He is author or editor of seven books, including two with OUP:
Police and Community in Chicago: A Tale of Three Cities (2006) and Community Policing, Chicago Style (1997). In 2015 he was awarded the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award in Evidence-Based Crime Policy from the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy.