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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Kristina
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-05T01:31:05Z
dc.date.available2018-10-05T01:31:05Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn2153-3687
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2153368714562801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/67628
dc.description.abstractResearch consistently finds that people from ethnic or racial minority backgrounds tend to view police more negatively than those from nonminority backgrounds. Some studies, however, have questioned such findings by showing that race-based effects disappear once other factors are considered. For example, Weitzer showed that racial minorities from middle-class neighborhoods tend to view police just as favorably as nonminorities. Using survey data collected from 1,204 Australian citizens, the present study examines how social identity processes impact people's views of police. We find that social identity is a more important predictor of attitudes toward police than race/ethnicity. These findings have implications for policing research and for police practice.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom259
dc.relation.ispartofpageto277
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalRace and Justice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminological theories
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman geography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440205
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4406
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.titleRace, social identity, and perceptions of police bias
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.rights.copyrightAlessandro Oliveira and Kristina Murphy, Race, Social Identity, and Perceptions of Police Bias, Race and Justice, Vol. 5(3) 259-277, 2015. Copyright 2015 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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gro.griffith.authorMurphy, Kristina


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