Policing diversity
Subtitle: determinants of white, Black, and Hispanic attitudes toward police
By: Yung-Lien Lai
Series: Criminal justice : recent scholarship
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC
Published: 2013
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9781593325152
Subjects: Police-community relations; Community policing; Police; Attitudes; Multiculturalism; Discrimination in law enforcement
Description: 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. -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: Public attitudes toward the police in a democratic society; title: A historical review of research on public ATP; title: A review of measure on public ATP; title: Theoretical models of research on public ATP; title: Methodology; title: Determinants of public ATP across races/ethnics; title: Discussion and conclusion.