Seeing the state in action: Public preferences about and judgments of common police–civilian interactions

New technologies allow unprecedented public visibility of routine police-civilian interactions, but we know little about how the public wants the police to behave during them. We examine public evaluations about preferred punishment and fair treatment using vignette experiments that randomize multip...

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Authors: Vaughn, Paige E. (Author) ; Huber, Gregory A. 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 330-381
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