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“Participants with low racial bias… who are typically supportive of policing policy reform, were significantly less supportive when exposed to threatening media images of Black men.” & “Associating Black men with threat significantly predicts… [support of] lethal force."

Perceived Threat Associated With Police Officers and Black Men Predicts Support for Policing Policy Reform Perceived Threat Associated With Police Officers and Black Men Predicts Support for Policing Policy Reform Figure 2. Probability of signing a petition in support of police reform as a function of threat condition. *Indicates significant deviation from chance (p < 0.50), error bars represent standard errors. Figure 2. Probability of signing a petition in support of police reform as a function of threat condition. *Indicates significant deviation from chance (p < 0.50), error bars represent standard errors. Figure 1. Panels depict the significant relationships between threat associated with police officers and Black men and each of the four policy outcome measures from Study 1b. Figure 1. Panels depict the significant relationships between threat associated with police officers and Black men and each of the four policy outcome measures from Study 1b.
Perceived Threat Associated With Police Officers and Black Men Predicts Support for Policing Policy Reform
Frontiers in Psychology
Skinner, Allison L. / Haas, Ingrid J.
Vol. 7 articld 1057, 2016
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01057
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