Policing diversity : determinants of white, Black, and Hispanic attitudes toward police / Yung-Lien Lai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lai, Yung-Lien, 1972-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police-community relations--United States.

Police-community relations.

Community policing--United States.

Community policing.

Police--United States--Attitudes.

Police.

Multiculturalism--United States.

Multiculturalism.

Discrimination in law enforcement--United States.

Discrimination in law enforcement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593327071

1593327072

OCLC:

839389181