经验,期望和对警察的满意度 - - 在两个县对种族和民族差异的基于人口的研究
Stacey C Williams1, Alice M Quach2, Minnie McMillian2
1Forward Cities, Durham, NC, USA. swilliams@forwardcities.org.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
|November 21, 2023
概括
在库克县和达拉斯县,警务经验中的种族差异仍然存在. 黑人和西班牙裔居民报告说,他们对警察的期望和不满程度更高,这是由于负面的互动和目睹的不当行为.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 公众对执法部门的信任对于社区的安全和合作至关重要.
- 警务经验中的种族和民族差异在美国是一个持续的担忧.
- 了解这些差异对于制定公平有效的警察战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查库克县 (伊利诺伊州) 和德拉斯县 (德克萨斯州) 居民对警察的经历和看法中的种族和种族差异.
- 确定与使用武力相关的关键因素,对警务的期望和不满.
- 探索社区特征和个人经验在塑造对警察看法的作用.
主要方法:
- 利用了库克县和达拉斯县2021年美国警察调查的数据.
- 采用多层次物流回归模型,将个人级调查数据与社区级美国社区调查数据结合起来.
- 分析了主要结果,包括对警察使用武力的预期和对当地警务工作的不满.
主要成果:
- 在这两个县,相当一部分居民认为警察经常使用武力,并对警务表示不满.
- 黑人和西班牙裔居民比白人居民更有可能对武力有很高的期望,并报告不满.
- 负面经历,目睹不当行为和感到不安全,独立地与对警察更大的不满有关.
结论:
- 暴露在不安全的社区中的不平等,目睹不当行为和负面的警察互动是对警察多样化的看法的主要驱动因素.
- 通过提高透明度和程序正义来解决这些不平等问题,对于减少恐惧和提高警察满意度至关重要.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的干预措施,以促进公平的警务和重建社区信任.
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