Citizens' preferences about police work [[electronic resource] ] : an argument for racial variations / / Denise Deon Nation

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462554003321
• Autore: Nation Denise Deon <1972->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011
• ISBN: 1-59332-682-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Collana: Criminal justice, recent scholarship
• Disciplina: 363.2/3089
• Soggetti: Police-community relations; Police - Public opinion; Minorities; Cultural relations; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; Is it Citizens' Attitude or Is It Citizens' Preferences:Theoretical Links; Explaining Assessment of the Police; Conceptual Framework Expectancy DisconfirmationTheory and Organizational Theory; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2; Explaining Citizens' Preferences for Police work andCitizens' Attitude Toward the Police; Prior Research on Citizens' Preferences; Prior Research on Citizens' Attitudes Towardsthe Police; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3; Analyzing Racial Variations for Citizens' Preferences; Research Questions; Sample; Development of the Survey QuestionnaireHypotheses; Analytical Strategy; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4; The Relationship Between Race and Citizens'Preferences for Police Work; Characteristics of Respondents and Distribution of theContact Influences; Respondents' Demographic Characteristics by Race; Citizens' Preferences for Police Activities; Summary of Findings; CHAPTER 5; The Broader Context of Race and Citizens' Preferences; Summary of Findings; Discussion of Findings and Policy Implications; Future Research; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Nation expands the literature on citizens' attitudes toward the police by considering citizens' preferences for police work. She argues that ; citizens' preferences can partly explain racial variations in citizens' attitudes toward the police. The complexity of police work requires the conceptualization of two key terms-citizens' preferences and police work-and has added new ideas to the attitudinal literature. Nation's work furthers policing research by showing that there are racial differences in preferences for police work. Additionally, the introduction of both expectancy disconfirmation the