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Police Profanity
Judgment Dashboard

What the fuck do you know about police profanity?

Explore how police profanity is judged based on its target and intent, drawing from survey data of executives and the public.

Based on Adams (2024) & Adams et al. (2025)n = 2,412 public + 1,492 executives

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Based on Research

Adams, I. T. (2024). Fuck: The Police. Police Quarterly, 28(1). doi.org/10.1177/10986111241241750

Adams, I. T., Olson, M., James, L., Tregle, B., & Boehme, H. M. (2025). Fuck: Public Opinion. Police Quarterly. doi.org/10.1177/10986111251357508

Key Findings

  • Target matters most: public-directed profanity is judged most harshly
  • Intent has smaller but meaningful effects on judgments
  • Police executives are more accepting of internal profanity
Interactive analysis by Ian T. Adams, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
For educational and research purposes. Data from peer-reviewed survey research.