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Perceptions of the police: Past findings, methodological issues, conceptual issues and policy implications

Brown, Ben, Reed Benedict, Wm·2002·Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
DOI 10.1108/13639510210437032
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This research updates and expands upon Decker’s article “Citizen attitudes toward the police: a review of past findings and suggestions for future policy” by summarizing the findings from more than 100 articles on perceptions of and attitudes toward the police. Initially, the value of research on attitudes toward the police is discussed. Then the research pertaining to the impact of individual level variables (e.g. race) and contextual level variables (e.g. neighborhood) on perceptions of the police is reviewed. Studies of juveniles’ attitudes toward the police, perceptions of police policies and practices, methodological issues and conceptual issues are also discussed. This review of the literature indicates that only four variables (age, contact with police, neighborhood, and race) have consistently been proven to affect attitudes toward the police. However, there are interactive effects between these and other variables which are not yet understood; a finding which indicates that theoretical generalizations about attitudes toward police should be made with caution.

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  • Some research indicates that females hold more positive attitudes toward law enforcement, although most findings on gender and attitudes toward police are mixed or show no significant gender differences.

    “Some research indicates that females hold more positive attitudes toward law enforcement (Nofziger and Williams 2005), although most findings on gender and attitudes toward police are mixed or show no significant gender differences (see Brown and Reed Benedict 2002;Worrall 1999).”

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Authors
Brown, B., & Reed Benedict, W.
Affiliations
The University of Texas System (US)
ORCID
Brown, Ben
Venue
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2002-09-01
Volume
25
Issue
3
Pages
543-580
ISSN
1363-951X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1108/13639510210437032
OpenAlex
W1585797141
Cited by
703
References
153
Citations by year
2026: 40 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 47 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 52 · 2016: 32 · 2015: 42 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 24
FWCI
21.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.emerald.com/insight/site-policies (tdm)
Locations
  • Policing An International Journal (publishedVersion)
  • ScholarWorks @ UTRGV (The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
Keywords
attitudes toward police, public perception of police, neighborhood effects, police policy and procedures, interaction effects, police-community relations

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