Policing diversity : determinants of white, Black, and Hispanic attitudes toward police

The Resource Policing diversity : determinants of white, Black, and Hispanic attitudes toward police
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Policing diversity : determinants of white, Black, and Hispanic attitudes toward police
Title remainder
determinants of white, Black, and Hispanic attitudes toward police
Statement of responsibility
Yung-Lien Lai
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Language
eng
Summary
"Lai extends the current knowledge of public attitudes toward the police (ATP) by examining two distinct dimensions: general and specific attitudes. The significant findings indicated that African Americans consistently reported unfavorable ATP across two dimensions, but the Hispanics did not have any significant influence. While ratings of police work were highly related to public ATP, victimization and violent crime incidents decreased the levels of public rating among all respondents. Meanwhile, coproduction increased the levels of public ATP. Finally, both citizen-initiated and police-initiated interactions had significant influence on public ATP but varied among racial/ethnical groups. Policy implications and limitations were addressed"--Provided by publisher
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Cataloging source
CaPaEBR
Dewey number
363.2/3080973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
HV7936.P8
LC item number
L35 2013eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • bibliography
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