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Police Officers' Perceptions Regarding Their Interactions With The Disabled In Kankakee County, Jilliann English
Police Officers' Perceptions Regarding Their Interactions With The Disabled In Kankakee County, Jilliann English
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Background
Previous research shows the rate of crime against people with disabilities is significantly higher than the general population (Child et al., 2011). Despite this, gaps in the training and resources for officers to assist those with disabilities may exist (Gardner, Campbell, and Westdal, 2019). Eadens et al. (2008) explored this issue by evaluating officer attitudes towards intellectual disabilities. Kankakee County has a significant disabled population (CHSA, 2019), and Illinois is ranked very low in the improvement of related policies (ANCOR, 2019), making this an area of interest.
Methods
This study utilized the modified version of the Social Distance Questionnaire …