William McCarty, PhD

CLJ Faculty, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Director of the Center for Research in Law and Justice

Criminology, Law, and Justice

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Contact

Building & Room:

4014C BSB

Address:

1007 W Harrison St.

Office Phone:

(312) 355-1753

Email:

mccartyw@uic.edu

CV Download:

McCarty_CV

About

Associate Professor

William P. McCarty, Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is also the director of the Center for Research in Law and Justice at UIC. His research interests include criminal justice organizations, police supervision, technology in law enforcement, and officer stress and health. Professor McCarty was the Co-Principal Investigator of the National Police Research Platform, a 7-university research program intended to advance the state of knowledge and practice in American policing (www.nationalpoliceresearch.org). He also recently completed an evaluation of the Chicago Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera program, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Selected Publications

McCarty, William P., Dae-Young Kim, Rafael Moreno Jr., & Ashley N. Muchow. (2023). The pandemic and police use of force: An analysis of disaggregated metrics, concentrated disadvantage, and COVID-19 mitigation efforts in Chicago. Police Practice and Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2222873

Muchow, Ashley N., William P. McCarty, Patrick Burke, & Rafael Moreno Jr. (2023). Depolicing in Chicago: Assessing the Quantity and Quality of Policing after the Fatal Police Shooting of Laquan McDonald. Justice Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2023.2232007

Kim, Dae-Young, & William P. McCarty. (2021). Exploring violent crimes in Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic: Do location, crime type, and social distancing type matter? Journal of Crime and Justice. In press.

McCarty, William P., Zhe Meng, Marc Buslik, & Rafael Moreno. (2021). Body-worn Cameras
and Arrest: Zooming in on Disaggregated Metrics and Possible Unintended Consequences. Journal of Criminal Justice. In press.

Saulnier, Alana, Ryan Lahay, William P. McCarty, & Carrie Sanders. (2020). The RIDE Study: Effects of Body-Worn Cameras on Public Perceptions of Police Interactions.
Criminology & Public Policy. In press.

McCarty, William P, Hani Aldirawi, Mariana Palacios, & Stacy Dewald. (2019). Burnout in Blue: An Analysis of the Extent and Primary Predictors of Burnout among Law Enforcement Officers in the United State. Police Quarterly, 22, 278-304.

McCarty, William P., Dae-Young Kim, Rafael Moreno Jr., & Ashley N. Muchow. (2023). The pandemic and police use of force: An analysis of disaggregated metrics, concentrated disadvantage, and COVID-19 mitigation efforts in Chicago. Police Practice and Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2023.2222873

Muchow, Ashley N., William P. McCarty, Patrick Burke, & Rafael Moreno Jr. (2023). Depolicing in Chicago: Assessing the Quantity and Quality of Policing after the Fatal Police Shooting of Laquan McDonald. Justice Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2023.2232007

Kim, Dae-Young, & William P. McCarty. (2021). Exploring violent crimes in Chicago during the COVID-19 pandemic: Do location, crime type, and social distancing type matter? Journal of Crime and Justice. In press.

Notable Honors

2021, Honoring Our Professor’s Excellence (HOPE) Award, UIC Campus Housing

Education

PhD University of Nebraska

Selected Presentations

McCarty, William P. Procedural justice from the inside out. May 19, 2022. Presentation given to the Kane County (IL) Chiefs of Police Association at the Elgin Community College.
McCarty, William P. Police legitimacy and procedural justice strategies. April 27-29, 2021. Three-day virtual seminar with law enforcement officers, supervisors, and chiefs. Organized by Northwestern University Center for Public Safety.
McCarty, William P., Dae-young Kim, & Rafael Moreno. The effects of Covid-19 on police use of force in Chicago. American Society of Criminology in Chicago, November 2021.