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“Analysis demonstrated, first, that Black officers were consistently rated more positively than both White and Asian officers” & “In sum, our findings offer some support for the idea that increasing the representativeness of UK policing, … will reap dividends."

Visibly Better? Testing the Effect of Ethnic Appearance on Citizen Perceptions of the Police Visibly Better? Testing the Effect of Ethnic Appearance on Citizen Perceptions of the Police Figure 2. Interaction between respondent ethnicity and officer ethnic appearance on ratings of aggressiveness. The only affective response that behaved differently was aggression. Figure 2 demonstrates this interaction. Compared to Black respondents, White respondents were significantly less likely to rate White officers as aggressive (β = -1.41), but there was no difference between Black and Asian respondents. Figure 2. Interaction between respondent ethnicity and officer ethnic appearance on ratings of aggressiveness. The only affective response that behaved differently was aggression. Figure 2 demonstrates this interaction. Compared to Black respondents, White respondents were significantly less likely to rate White officers as aggressive (β = -1.41), but there was no difference between Black and Asian respondents.
Visibly Better? Testing the Effect of Ethnic Appearance on Citizen Perceptions of the Police
SocArXiv
Davies, Tom / Bradford, Ben Bradford / Yesberg, Julia A. / Poschca, Krisztian
27 October 2020
10.31235/osf.io/yzspk
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