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“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."

Privileged Protection? Effects of Suspect Race and Mental Illness Status on Public Perceptions of Police Use of Force Privileged Protection? Effects of Suspect Race and Mental Illness Status on Public Perceptions of Police Use of Force Graph of the interaction between participants' affective feelings toward Blacks and suspect race for suspects with a mental illness history. Positive affect toward Blacks decreased support for force against Black mentally ill suspects, but did not affect support for force used against White mentally ill suspects. Graph of the interaction between participants' affective feelings toward Blacks and suspect race for suspects with a mental illness history. Positive affect toward Blacks decreased support for force against Black mentally ill suspects, but did not affect support for force used against White mentally ill suspects.
Privileged Protection? Effects of Suspect Race and Mental Illness Status on Public Perceptions of Police Use of Force
Journal of Experimental Criminology
Kahn, Kimberly Barsamian / Thompson, Melissa / McMahon, Jean M.
Vol. 13 Issue 2, pp. 171–191, 2017
10.1007/s11292-016-9280-0
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