Kahn, Kimberly Barsamian

9 entries found for Kahn, Kimberly Barsamian

“Due to stereotypes associating their race with criminality, Black people were most concerned about being treated negatively by police while wearing a mask [for COVID] compared to other racial groups."

“Despite whether police officers’ racial attitudes, either explicit or implicit, are the primary cause, there is clear evidence of disparate policing outcomes for racial minorities. Just because the empirical literature may not prove whether these outcomes are primarily driven by officer level racial bias."

“Analyzing policing material…indicators that are being taught to police as evidence of danger and an imminent attack may also be signs of stereotype threat, which can lead police to potentially misinterpret a situation… An innocent citizen…may display these behaviors."

“A history of mental illness decreased support for police force for White suspects, but increased support for police force for Black suspects.” & “Only those… [with] warm feelings about Blacks… [had] less support for police force against mentally ill Black suspects."

“Unarmed Black targets in threatening attire were marginally more likely to be mistakenly shot compared to unarmed White targets in threatening attire … Marginally more errors were also made against unarmed Blacks in threatening attire compared to Blacks in safe attire."

“The special issue seeks to better understand the range of factors that create and maintain police violence against racial and ethnic minorities and assess the aftermath of this harm. Taken together, these contributions provide … new recommendations, small and large."

“Police used less force with highly stereotypical Whites, and this protective effect was stronger than the effect for non-Whites… Bias is a protective factor for Whites, but not for non-Whites."

“The use of arrest data as the denominator for racial profiling statistics was mostly popular among conservative journalists and pundits for a short time… Since a police ‘stop’ is often a precursor to an arrest, arrest records may be racially skewed."

“Both Black and Latino suspects received higher levels of police force earlier in interactions… When Black and Latino suspects resisted, they received significantly more force than when White suspects resisted."