Social Conditioning of Police Officers: Exploring the interactive effects of driver demographics on traffic stop outcomes

Social Conditioning of Police Officers: Exploring the interactive effects of driver demographics on traffic stop outcomes

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Main Author: Tillyer, Rob
Language:English
Published: University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2008
Subjects:
Canadian History
Policing
Racial Profiling
Social Conditioning Model
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1222898894
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin12228988942021-08-03T06:12:52Z Social Conditioning of Police Officers: Exploring the interactive effects of driver demographics on traffic stop outcomes Tillyer, Rob Canadian History Policing Racial Profiling Social Conditioning Model <p>Officer decision-making has consistently been a focus of research throughout the past forty years. More recently, specific attention has been paid to understanding the impact of drivers' race/ethnicity on traffic stops. The focus on traffic stop police-citizen encounters developed out of concerns that racial/ethnic disparities may exist in either the initial decision to stop a vehicle and/or in traffic stop outcomes. Studying the decision to initiate a traffic stop has been fraught with data and analytical limitations; thus, the focus of research is often directed toward traffic stop outcomes. Research findings have confirmed not only racial/ethnic disparities, but also gender and age disparities in these situations. Although measures of drivers' gender and age are often included, these measures have received scant thorough attention. Moreover, exploration of driver demographic interaction effects has been virtually nonexistent. Finally, few research studies grounded their analyses in a theoretical frame to assist in directing and interpreting the results. </p><p>This dissertation aims to contribute to the existing literature on traffic stop outcomes by thoroughly reviewing the literature on traffic stop outcomes and exploring various theoretical explanations offered for the reported disparities. Substantively, this research examines if specific combinations of driver demographics (i.e., race/ethnicity, gender, and age) are related to traffic stop outcomes by using bilevel, multivariate modes to analyze officer-initiated traffic stops. The specific research hypotheses to be tested are grounded in a theory, the social conditioning model. The social conditioning model offers a theoretical framework for exploring and understanding disparities in traffic stop outcomes by suggesting that disparities are a product of unconscious stereotypes. These stereotypes link young, minority male drivers to criminal activity thereby affecting an officer's decision-making. Based on the social conditioning model, it is expected that young, minority male drivers are more likely to be warned and arrested, and less likely to receive a citation. Results of the analyses and implications for the research hypotheses, the social conditioning model, and other research are discussed.</p> 2008 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1222898894 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1222898894 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Canadian History
Policing
Racial Profiling
Social Conditioning Model
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Policing
Racial Profiling
Social Conditioning Model
Tillyer, Rob
Social Conditioning of Police Officers: Exploring the interactive effects of driver demographics on traffic stop outcomes
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