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Public Perceptions Of Police Use Of Force: Does Officer Race Matter?, Diamond G. Pilgrim
Public Perceptions Of Police Use Of Force: Does Officer Race Matter?, Diamond G. Pilgrim
USC Aiken Psychology Theses
Objective: The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of police officer as well as suspect race on U.S.residents’ perceptions of police use of force.
Method: Participants were randomly assigned one of four vignettes describing an encounter between either a Black or White police officer and a Black or White robbery suspect. Suspect race and officer race were manipulated so that participants received a vignette involving pairings of a White officer with a Black suspect; a White officer with a White suspect; a Black officer, White suspect or a Black officer and suspect. Participants were then surveyed …