Do police videos impact youths’ willingness to cooperate with the police? Results from a national experiment

Tom, Kelsey E.; Fine, Adam; Pickrel, Emma; Maguire, Edward R.

doi:10.1007/s11292-022-09525-x

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“…For example, Viki et al (2006) found that a higher quality of contact with police was associated with more positive attitudes toward law enforcement and a greater willingness to cooperate. In contrast, Tom et al (2022) explored how virtual, vicarious exposure to a procedurally just versus unjust police traffic stop impacts young individuals' perceived police legitimacy and their willingness to cooperate with police. The findings suggest that a single virtual police exposure may not fundamentally shape overall views on police legitimacy but can influence their willingness to cooperate.…”

Section: The Effect Of Contact Experience With Policementioning

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“…(2006) found that a higher quality of contact with police was associated with more positive attitudes toward law enforcement and a greater willingness to cooperate. In contrast, Tom et al. (2022) explored how virtual, vicarious exposure to a procedurally just versus unjust police traffic stop impacts young individuals’ perceived police legitimacy and their willingness to cooperate with police.…”

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Willingness to cooperate with police in hate crime cases: the impact of police legitimacy, police encounters and race/ethnicity

Lee

2024

PIJPSM

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PurposeWhile the significance of public cooperation for police effectiveness is widely acknowledged, less is known about factors associated with cooperation in hate crime cases. The current study aims to explore how individuals’ perspectives on police legitimacy, contact experience with police and race/ethnicity shape their willingness to cooperate with police in hate crime incidents.Design/methodology/approachThis study used a sample of 693 college students and was conducted at a public university in the south-central region of the southern United States of America. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models were used to examine factors related to willingness to cooperate with police.FindingsFindings show that those who have a high level of positive perceptions of police legitimacy and those who have a low level of negative personal experience with police reported more willingness to cooperate. Asian respondents were less likely to report that they would cooperate with police compared to white respondents.Originality/valueThis study, emphasizing the relationships between perceived police legitimacy and positive personal experiences with a willingness to cooperate in hate crime cases, has practical implications. The identification of racial/ethnic differences in cooperation attitudes, particularly the lower likelihood of cooperation among Asian respondents, contributed to the current literature and underscores the importance of considering diverse perspectives and outreach efforts.

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Section: The Effect Of Contact Experience With Policementioning

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Willingness to cooperate with police in hate crime cases: the impact of police legitimacy, police encounters and race/ethnicity

Lee

2024

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“…R. Tyler & Trinkner, 2017). Because of ethical concerns of exposing participants to more hostile police interactions (see Tom et al, 2022), much less research has assessed how more valanced encounters, such as police brutality, affect observers’ normative and instrumental obligation.…”

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Did George Floyd’s murder shape the public’s felt obligation to obey the police?

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Tom²,

Wallace³

et al. 2023

Law and Human Behavior

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Objective: Our goal in the present study was to use longitudinal data to assess how normative (i.e., consensually motivated) and instrumental (i.e., coercively motivated) obligation to obey police changed after police murdered George Floyd and whether these changes differed by political ideology. Hypotheses: Using procedural justice theory, we hypothesized that after Floyd’s murder, participants would feel less normatively obligated and more instrumentally obligated to obey police. We also hypothesized that these trends would be stronger for liberal-leaning than conservative-leaning participants. Method: Adults (N = 645) were recruited through Prolific from four politically diverse U.S. states. Participants reported their normative and instrumental obligation across three waves of data collection, each separated by 3 weeks. The first two waves were collected prior to the Floyd’s murder, and the third was collected after. Results: Hierarchical linear models indicated that although normative obligation remained stable before Floyd’s murder, it declined after Floyd’s murder (b = −0.19, 95% CI [−0.24, −0.14], p < .001). In contrast, coercive obligation to obey increased consistently across all three waves. Liberal-leaning participants drove most of the effects. Conclusions: For researchers, these findings help strengthen our understanding of procedural justice theory by differentiating normative and instrumental obligation and by distinguishing differences by political ideology within the context of a historic police-brutality event. For policymakers and law enforcement, our research suggests that police brutality may undermine the public’s normative felt obligation to obey the police, which would be problematic for police reformation efforts grounded in governing by mutual consent versus by fear and coercion.

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Understanding Willingness to Cooperate With Police: Current Perceptions of Bias Matter, But So Does Hope in Future Police Procedural Justice

Fine,

Cross,

Blount-Hill

2024

Justice Quarterly

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Do police videos impact youths’ willingness to cooperate with the police? Results from a national experiment

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Willingness to cooperate with police in hate crime cases: the impact of police legitimacy, police encounters and race/ethnicity

Willingness to cooperate with police in hate crime cases: the impact of police legitimacy, police encounters and race/ethnicity

Did George Floyd’s murder shape the public’s felt obligation to obey the police?

Understanding Willingness to Cooperate With Police: Current Perceptions of Bias Matter, But So Does Hope in Future Police Procedural Justice

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