RT Article
T1 Factors influencing public attitudes toward criminal justice system funding
JF Journal of ethnicity in criminal justice
VO 22
IS 4
SP 289
OP 315
A1 Caines, Matthew
A2 Brown, Wyatt
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1908930004
AB This study explores the relationship between demographic factors and attitudes toward criminal justice funding in the United States. Specifically, we explore responses from two years of data from the United States General Social Survey, both prior to and after the dramatic events of 2020, during which reformers called for a reduction in funding for law enforcement agencies as a response to high-profile incidents of police violence. We find that while certain demographic traits align with previous understandings of public attitudes toward police funding, the relationship between gender and these attitudes presents a notable exception; race appears less predictive than expected. Additionally, the impact of racially prejudiced views on opinions about law enforcement funding has grown more pronounced over time.
K1 Race/ethnicity
K1 Public Opinion
K1 Policing
K1 Defund the police
DO 10.1080/15377938.2024.2389972