2005

8 entries found for 2005

“A majority of blacks and Hispanics—but just one-third of whites—believes that police provide ‘worse’ services to black and Hispanic neighborhoods… The majority of whites believe that police treat neighborhoods similarly."

“Controlling for numerous variables, the results reveal that African American officers are more likely to feel that they are criticized, more likely to believe that they are considered militant, and less likely to feel negative or depressed about police work."

“The policing intervention … was significantly associated with a reduction in the use of Philadelphia’s syringe exchange programs, especially among Black and male participants… This is especially worrisome because Black individuals are more likely … to contract HIV."

“While African American youth are in relative terms exposed more frequently to police contacts, however, white as well as Latino youth may actually be more sensitive to police contacts when they are subjected to them."

“When trying to understand…behaviors of individuals who are in a position to discriminate… one cannot rely on explicitly espoused attitudes alone, but…may need to understand…the motivation of the individuals to conceal their prejudice and certain implicit attitudes."

“Female officers and same-gender female-female officer pairs generally use less force in police-citizen encounters than do their male counter-parts.” & “Officer injury might be more likely to occur when officers engage in [above-average use of force]."

Minority defendants are much more likely to be wrongly convicted. “90% of all exonerated juvenile defendants were black or Hispanic, an extreme disparity."

“Responses to the simulation revealed that upon initial exposure to the program, the officers were more likely to mistakenly shoot unarmed Black compared with unarmed White suspects. However, after extensive training … the officers were able to eliminate this bias."