The reverse racism effect: are cops more hesitant to shoot black than white suspects?
Race‐related debates often assume that implicit racial bias will result in racially biased decisions to shoot. Previous research has examined racial bias in police decisions by pressing “shoot” or “don't‐shoot” buttons in response to pictures of armed and unarmed suspects. As a result of its la...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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Criminology & public policy
Year: 2016, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 457-479 |
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| Summary: | Race‐related debates often assume that implicit racial bias will result in racially biased decisions to shoot. Previous research has examined racial bias in police decisions by pressing “shoot” or “don't‐shoot” buttons in response to pictures of armed and unarmed suspects. As a result of its lack of external validity, however, this methodology provides limited insight into officer behavior in the field. In response, we conducted the first series of experimental research studies that tested police officers and civilians in strikingly realistic deadly force simulators. |
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| Item Description: | Corrigendum: Vol. 19.2020, No. 1, Seite 361: "We would like to acknowledge our misuse of the term “Reverse Racism” within this article's title and content. We did not account for the deeply controversial racial context surrounding the term within race/racism scholarship, and its implication that subordination of communities of color no longer occurs or has been replaced by subordination of whites. In hindsight, our use of the term to describe officers fearing the consequences of being perceived as biased and modifying behavior accordingly would have been better titled “The Counter Bias Effect.” |
| ISSN: | 1745-9133 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1745-9133.12187 |