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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462909103321

Autore

Lai Yung-Lien <1972->

Titolo

Policing diversity [[electronic resource] ] : determinants of white, Black, and Hispanic attitudes toward police / / Yung-Lien Lai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013

ISBN

1-59332-707-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

363.2/3080973

Soggetti

Police-community relations - United States

Community policing - United States

Police - United States - Attitudes

Multiculturalism - United States

Discrimination in law enforcement - United States

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

Public attitudes toward the police in a democratic society -- A historical review of research on public ATP -- A review of measure on public ATP -- Theoretical models of research on public ATP -- Methodology -- Determinants of public ATP across races/ethnics -- Discussion and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Lai extends the current knowledge of public attitudes toward the police (ATP) by examining two distinct dimensions: general and specific attitudes. The significant findings indicated that African Americans consistently reported unfavorable ATP across two dimensions, but the Hispanics did not have any significant influence. While ratings of police work were highly related to public ATP, victimization and violent crime incidents decreased the levels of public rating among all respondents. Meanwhile, coproduction increased the levels of public ATP. Finally, both citizen-initiated and police-initiated interactions had significant influence on public ATP but varied among racial/ethnical groups. Policy implications and limitations were addressed.