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



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Autore: Nation Denise Deon <1972-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Citizens' preferences about police work : an argument for racial variations / / Denise Deon Nation Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2011
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
Disciplina: 363.2/3089
Soggetto topico: Police-community relations
Police - Public opinion
Minorities
Cultural relations
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
Titolo autorizzato: Citizens' preferences about police work  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59332-682-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821181503321
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Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)