Traffic Stop Encounters: Officer and Citizen Race and Perceptions of Police Propriety |
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Authors: | Christopher M Huggins |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky, 1515 Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, KY 40506-0027, USA |
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Abstract: | The continued legacy of racism and discrimination contribute to racial and ethnic differences in attitudes about the police.
This research investigates citizen reports of proper police behavior during traffic stops to understand how officer/citizen
race and ethnic pairs influence reports of impropriety. Analysis of 6,301 citizen reports of traffic stop encounters with
the police from a unique national survey reveals that net of other important explanatory variables, African-Americans are
less likely than whites to report proper police behavior when they encounter officers of any race. In addition, citizen reports
indicate that the white/black and black/white officer/citizen encounters are significantly less likely to result in a report
of proper police behavior than the white/white officer/citizen pairing. The results show limited support for the importance
of citizen race and officer/citizen pairs in determining perception of police behavior. |
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