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Citizen Satisfaction with Police Encounters
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This article examines the character and consequences of encounters between police and residents of the city of Chicago. It describes the frequency with which they contacted the police for assistance or support and how often they were stopped by them. Follow-up questions gathered information about the character of those contacts. The analysis contrasts the effects of experiential, on-scene factors with those of race, age, gender, and language on satisfaction with encounters. It demonstrates the great importance of the quality of routine police-citizen encounters, for things that officers did on the spot dominated in determining satisfaction. The personal characteristics of city residents played an important role in shaping who was treated in this way or that and affected satisfaction primarily through on-scene actions by police.
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“…contacts finds that fair and courteous treatment, giving people reasons for stopping them, and explaining their rights, all contribute to satisfaction with encounters (Skogan, 2004; Bland et al., 2000; Bucke, 1997; Quinton et al., 2000; Reisig & Chandek, 2001; Stone & Pettigrew, 2000).”
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“…decisions can be affected by a suspect’s race and/or social standing (Alpert, Dunham, & MacDonald, 2004; Mastrofski, Reisig, & McCluskey, 2002; Skogan, 2005), gender (Brunson & Miller, 2006a), demeanor (Engel, Sobol, & Worden, 2000; Klinger, 1996; Lundman, 1996; Worden & Shepard, 1996), and…”
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“Skogan (2005) argued that it was how police treated those they stopped or served that accounted most for the link between social cleavage and perception of police.”
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“More generally, the criminological literature reveals that black people hold the most negative views of legal authorities (e.g. Skogan 2005; Bowling et al. 2003).”
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- Authors
- Skogan, W. G.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Skogan, Wesley G.
- Venue
- Police Quarterly
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-09
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 298-321
- ISSN
- 1098-6111 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-745X
- OpenAlex
- W2008344495
- Cited by
- 377
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 35.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Police Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- 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
- police-citizen encounters, citizen satisfaction, police stops, race, age, gender, language barriers, Chicago
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