Citizen perceptions of the legitimacy of traffic stops

Allen, John Gary; Monk–Turner, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.04.030

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“…Importantly, though, while Hispanics believe they were treated appropriately and respectfully during the encounter (based on results in the previous models), they are over 50% more likely to think the stop was unwarranted. This is consistent with the discriminatory police practices against minorities described in numerous studies (e.g., Allen & Monk-Turner, 2010;Brunson, 2007;Gau & Brunson, 2010;Lundman & Kaufman, 2003;Wortley et al, 1997).…”

Section: Multivariate Analysissupporting

confidence: 91%

“…In particular, our findings are consistent with those reported by Lundman and Kaufman (2003) in that they show how African Americans are less likely to report that police had a legitimate reason for stopping them in their vehicles. While consistent with some studies, our findings run counter to those presented by Allen and Monk-Turner (2010) who show that African Americans are just as likely as Whites to view a police-initiated traffic stop as illegitimate. That said, findings from Lundman and Kaufman (2003) as well as Allen and Monk-Turner (2010) are consistent with those presented here in that each indicates that Blacks are more likely to be subjected to inappropriate and disrespectful treatment by police.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…While consistent with some studies, our findings run counter to those presented by Allen and Monk-Turner (2010) who show that African Americans are just as likely as Whites to view a police-initiated traffic stop as illegitimate. That said, findings from Lundman and Kaufman (2003) as well as Allen and Monk-Turner (2010) are consistent with those presented here in that each indicates that Blacks are more likely to be subjected to inappropriate and disrespectful treatment by police. Importantly, neither of these studies consider pedestrian stops.…”

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confidence: 72%

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Determinants of Citizens’ Perceptions of Police Behavior During Traffic and Pedestrian Stops

Carmichael

David

Helou

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Criminal Justice Review

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A large body of research has examined public perceptions of police behavior. Many of these studies have raised concerns about perceptions of unequal treatment of citizens by law enforcement and the effects such disparate treatment might have on police–community relations. This scholarship has largely examined global perceptions of police behavior rather than asking about actual encounters with officers. Relying on global opinions of police, however, tends to distort perceptions as it tends to illicit prejudiced and stereotypical views about law enforcement rather than lived experiences. This article offers a more precise approach to measuring police behavior during encounters with citizens by assessing views of those who have had recent contact with law enforcement. Specifically, we examine how perceptions of police behavior during both traffic stops and street stops of pedestrians might vary according to a citizen’s sociodemographic background and geographic location and how such factors might influence perceptions of the legitimacy of their encounter with the officer. Results from our multivariate analyses suggest that youth, African Americans, the poor, and those living in large urban areas are significantly more likely than others to believe they were treated outside of the scope of acceptable police conduct. Furthermore, ethnic minorities, the poor, and those in urban areas are much more likely to perceive the stop as illegitimate. Our results suggest that much of this might be explained by differences in police behavior according to the size of the place and across different social groups.

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Determinants of Citizens’ Perceptions of Police Behavior During Traffic and Pedestrian Stops

Carmichael

David

Helou

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Criminal Justice Review

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“…Allen & Monk-Turner, 2010;Brick, Taylor, & Esbensen, 2009;Drew, Carless, & Thompson, 2008;Lee, Steinberg, & Piquero, 2010;Lopez & Russell, 2008;Miller, Mire, & Kim, 2009;Phillips & Varano, 2008;Rabe-Hemp, 2008;Sun, Payne, & Wu, 2008;White, Cooper, Saunders, & Raganella, 2010)could directly test self-control theory. For instance, when citizens behave in a contrite, polite way during their interactions with police and acknowledge their infraction, they are more likely to be treated with leniency (Schafer & Mastrofski, 2005).…”

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Self-control theory: The Tyrannosaurus rex of criminology is poised to devour criminal justice

DeLisi

2011

Journal of Criminal Justice

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“…Second, residents tend to hold unfavourable views of minority police officers, regardless of resident race (Weitzer et al, 2008;Allen and Monk-Turner, 2010;Cochran and Warren, 2012). For example, Allen and Monk-Turner (2010) found that respondents are 77 per cent less likely to view the traffic stop as legitimate if the officer is black.…”

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Exploring police-resident racial equality and violent crime

Sytsma

2015

Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -Residential segregation based on race/ethnicity is associated with higher crime rates. However, when there is greater diversity within a neighbourhood, there may be less clustering of crime. One sign of such diversity beyond direct measures of racial similarity may be the proportion of minority officers employed by municipal police departments. As such, the purpose of this paper is to test the effect of the proportion of minority police officers on violent crime within minority communities, controlling for residential segregation. Design/methodology/approach -Multi-level modelling of 91 American cities from the 2000 National Neighbourhood Crime Study was used. Findings -It was found that as minority populations within census tracts increase, violent crime also increases; and crime is associated with an increase in segregation. However, racial composition of police departments can moderate the impact that community racial composition has on violent crime. Originality/value -The current findings point to crime control strategies relevant to municipalities which focus on creating neighbourhoods of racial heterogeneity and more diverse police agencies.

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Citizen perceptions of the legitimacy of traffic stops

Cited by 19 publications

References 39 publications

Determinants of Citizens’ Perceptions of Police Behavior During Traffic and Pedestrian Stops

Determinants of Citizens’ Perceptions of Police Behavior During Traffic and Pedestrian Stops

Self-control theory: The Tyrannosaurus rex of criminology is poised to devour criminal justice

Exploring police-resident racial equality and violent crime

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