The effect of a videotaped arrest on public perceptions of police use of force

Jefferis, Eric; Kaminski, Robert J.; Holmes, Stephen; Hanley, Dena

doi:10.1016/s0047-2352(97)00022-6

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“…They report being the targets of racial profiling (Weitzer and Tuch, 2002, 2005;Lundman and Kaufman, 2003), and blacks think that police treat people differently based on race (Hagan and Albonetti, 1982;Weitzer and Tuch, 1999 There are a variety of explanations for the racial differences in perceptions of the police in America (see Walker, 1998;Walker, Spohn, and DeLone, 2000). High-profile media cases that publicize police abuse of authority increase minorities' distrust of the police (Jefferis et al, 1997;Tuch and Weitzer, 1997; Weitzer, 2002). Aggressive arrest policies, when tied to zero-tolerance public order maintenance tactics, as well as efforts to control drug distribution, fuel resentment of the police in minority communities (see Kennedy, 1997;Meares and Kahan, 1998).…”

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Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati

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The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. R ® is a registered trademark. © Copyright 2005 City of CincinnatiAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the City of Cincinnati. The research described in this report was conducted within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE), a division of the RAND Corporation, for the City of Cincinnati.iii PrefaceIn 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department entered into a collaborative agreement with other parties in Cincinnati. The collaborative agreement binds the signatories (referred to as "the parties") to a series of reforms and initiatives intended to reduce social strife in the city. This report is the result of a section in the decree that pledges the parties to evaluate whether the agreement is achieving its goals. The RAND Corporation will conduct this evaluation over a five-year period, from June 2004 to the latter part of 2008. This is the first annual report required under the collaborative evaluation. This study will interest Cincinnati residents and public officials. This report may also prove useful to residents and officials in other jurisdictions where similar reform efforts are underway. The City of Cincinnati funded this project on behalf of the parties to the collaborative agreement. Recent RAND works that may be of interest to readers of this report include the following:• Oakland, California (Ridgeway and Riley, 2004). The RAND Safety and Justice ProgramThis research was conducted under the auspices of the Safety and Justice Program within RAND's Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment Division. The mission of Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment is to improve the development, operation, use, and protection of society's essential man-made and natural assets and to enhance the related social assets of safety and security of individuals in transit and in their workplaces and community. Safety and Justice Program research addresses occupational safety, transportation safety, food safety, and public safety-including violence, policing, corrections, substance abuse, and public integrity.Questions or comments about this report should be sent to the project leader, Jack Riley (Jack_Riley@rand.org). Information about the Safety and Justice Program is available online (www.rand.org/ise/safety). Inquiries about research projects should be made to Andrew Morral, Director (Andrew_Morral@rand.org). Summary IntroductionIn 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD), the Fraternal Order of Police, and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) entered into a collaborative agreement. This agreement pledges the signatories to ...

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“…In the weeks and months following widely publicized cases of police brutality, citizens are more likely to believe that police do not fairly enforce the law (Lasley, 1994) and use excessive force (Jefferis et al, 1997;Weitzer, 2002). They also express less support for the use of force as an appropriate police tactic (Sigelman et al, 1997).…”

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“…Ultimately, studies of the impact of high profile policing incidents on residents' attitudes have primarily focused on examining cases involving excessive use of force, either single incidents of brutality against citizens resulting in severe injuries (Jefferis et al, 1997;Kaminski & Jefferis, 1998;Lasley, 1994) or multiple incidents concerning both injury and death of citizens as a result of police actions (Sigelman et al, 1997;Tuch & Weitzer, 1997;Weitzer, 2002). In this regard, the impact of other types of high profile incidents of police misconduct on residents' perceptions has yet to be fully explored.…”

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“…While the evidence available suggests that race and personal experiences are important in determining residents' perceptions of the frequency with which police engage in racial profiling (Reitzel & Piquero, 2006;Weitzer & Tuch, 2002, much less is known about how highly publicized cases of alleged police misconduct impact residents' perceptions. Studies in this area have generally focused on severe cases of misconduct, typically involving police brutality or the shooting of citizens (Jefferis, Kaminski, Holmes, & Hanley, 1997;Kaminski & Jefferis, 1998;Lasley, 1994;Sigelman, Welch, Bledsoe, & Combs, 1997;Tuch & Weitzer, 1997;Weitzer, 2002). Equally important, most studies have failed to consider how media constructions of these incidents influence public attitudes about racial profiling, particularly the manner in which the media and other claims makers, such as government officials and public leaders, shape public dialogue about the nature and meaning of such incidents.…”

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Police Misconduct, Media Coverage, and Public Perceptions of Racial Profiling: An Experiment

Graziano¹,

Schuck²,

Martin³

2009

Justice Quarterly

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The purpose of this study was: (1) to assess the impact of an incident of racial profiling on residents' attitudes about profiling; and (2) to examine the effects of exposure to a video clip of deliberation about the incident on residents' beliefs about the causes of profiling. All residents, White and minority, were less likely to believe that Chicago police officers engaged in profiling after the incident. These findings suggest that attitudes about the prevalence of racial profiling are susceptible to the manner in which the media construct incidents of police misconduct. Exposure to the video clip was not related to differences in residents' beliefs about the causes of profiling, but was related to differences in perceptions of the dangerousness of traffic stops. The findings highlight the need for more research on how media constructions of police misconduct influence attitudes about profiling and impact community-police relations.Research findings highlight the salience of race in predicting attitudes toward police, particularly that minorities tend to hold more negative views of police than

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“…Specific subpopulations of the community, however, have differing opinions of the police and these varied opinions can significantly affect perceptions of critical events -such as televised use-of-force arrests (Jefferis, Kaminski, Holmes, & Hanley, 1997;Kaminski & Jefferis, 1998). Both individual and contextual factors have been found to influence individuals' perceptions of police.…”

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Measuring perceptions of police use of force

Jefferis

Butcher

Hanley

2011

Police Practice and Research

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The purpose of this study is to examine issues in measuring perceptions of police useof-force incidents. The Force Factor developed by Alpert and Dunham in 1997 is assessed as an objective, use-of-force measure by comparing it to several previously used measures of the perceived legitimacy of force used by officers in arrest situations. Findings indicate that few predictor variables are consistently related to the various measures of perceptions of the legitimacy of a single use-of-force incident. While the Force Factor uniquely considers level of suspect resistance, it does not appear to overcome perceptual biases inherent to measures of police use-of-force incidents.

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The effect of a videotaped arrest on public perceptions of police use of force

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Police Misconduct, Media Coverage, and Public Perceptions of Racial Profiling: An Experiment

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