Officer diversity may reduce Black Americans’ fear of the police

Would police racial and gender diversification reduce Black Americans’ fear of the police? The theory of representative bureaucracy indicates that it might. We tested the effects of officer diversity in two experiments embedded in a national survey that oversampled Black Americans, producing several...

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Authors: Pickett, Justin T. (Author) ; Graham, Amanda (Author) ; Nix, Justin (Author) ; Cullen, Francis T. 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Criminology
Year: 2024, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-63
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Keywords:
Body-worn cameras
diversification
Fear
Policing
Representative bureaucracy