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

• Autore: Lai Yung-Lien <1972->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.2/3080973
• Soggetto topico: Police-community relations - United States; Community policing - United States; Police - United States - Attitudes; Multiculturalism - United States; Discrimination in law enforcement - United States
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Policing diversity
• ISBN: 1-59332-707-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786221703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)