Under-policing and apprehensiveness toward stopping minorities across white and nonwhite officers post-Ferguson

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This pilot study examines police patrol activity, specifically engagement in under-policing, and investigatory-apprehensiveness toward minorities across White and nonwhite patrol officers in the context of policing post-Ferguson. Using a sample of unranked, patrol-duty officers in the United States...

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Main Author: Torres, Jose (Author)
Contributors: Reling, Timothy
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 282-314
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Race
Policing
Police Psychology
Police Behavior
Ferguson-Effect
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Summary:This pilot study examines police patrol activity, specifically engagement in under-policing, and investigatory-apprehensiveness toward minorities across White and nonwhite patrol officers in the context of policing post-Ferguson. Using a sample of unranked, patrol-duty officers in the United States (n = 887) from an online survey a series of multivariate binary logistic models suggest that although departmental and officer level variables can predict the likelihood of practicing under-policing and being apprehensive toward stopping minorities, various contextual post-Ferguson variables beyond de-policing also matter. Further, predictors of under-policing and apprehensiveness toward stopping minorities are different across White and nonwhite patrol officers. Results suggest the post-Ferguson period appears to have made an impression on patrol officers’ behaviors.
ISSN:1537-7946
DOI:10.1080/15377938.2020.1754992