The ecological structuring of police officers’ perceptions of citizen cooperation

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Neighborhood structural conditions influence police behavior, but few studies have addressed whether neighborhood conditions are associated with officers’ perceptions of residents in those communities. This is an important gap because officers’ perceptions of what they can expect from residents in d...

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Autores principales: Shjarback, John A. (Autor) ; Nix, Justin (Autor, Otro)
Otros Autores: Wolfe, Scott E.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
En: Crime & delinquency
Año: 2018, Volumen: 64, Número: 9, Páginas: 1143-1170
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Palabras clave:
Neighborhood effects
Concentrated disadvantage
Ecological structuring
Citizen cooperation
Police perceptions
Dialogic model
self-legitimacy
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Sumario:Neighborhood structural conditions influence police behavior, but few studies have addressed whether neighborhood conditions are associated with officers’ perceptions of residents in those communities. This is an important gap because officers’ perceptions of what they can expect from residents in disadvantaged communities may help explain differential treatment. Using data from the Project on Policing Neighborhoods, we examined neighborhood effects on officers’ perceptions of citizen cooperation. Officers working in beats with more concentrated disadvantage and higher homicide rates were less likely to believe that citizens would be willing to cooperate with law enforcement. We discuss this finding in relation to explaining differential police treatment across communities and what it means for the legitimacy dialogue that unfolds between the police and community.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/0011128717743779