Perceived Threat Associated with Police Officers and Black Men Predicts Support for Policing Policy Reform

Racial disparities in policing and recent high-profile incidents resulting in the deaths of Black men have ignited a national debate on policing policies. Given evidence that both police officers and Black men may be associated with threat, we examined the impact of perceived threat on support for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Allison Louise Skinner, Ingrid J Haas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01057/full