RT Article
T1 Suspect Demeanor and Arrest: a Triggered Displacement of Aggression Explanation
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 42
IS 1
SP 170
OP 187
A1 Johnson, Richard R.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764205332
AB The evidence that police arrest suspects who display a disrespectful demeanor is mixed. One explanation for these equivocal results may be triggered displaced aggression theory. This theory suggests persons who are provoked to anger internalize their aggression and unleash it later on someone or something that further agitates them. A sample of officers was primed for either a positive or negative affect, presented with a domestic disturbance vignette, and asked to rate their likelihood of making an arrest. In one vignette version the suspect displayed a hostile demeanor and in the other the suspect’s demeanor was neutral. Officers who were negatively primed and encountered the hostile demeanor suspect were most likely to arrest compared to officer in the other conditions.
K1 Extralegal factors
K1 Demeanor
K1 Social Psychology
K1 Arrest
K1 Police
K1 Displaced aggression
DO 10.1007/s12103-016-9352-8