Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police: An Examination of Generational and Ethnic Differences in the United States

Han, Sungil; Yim, Ha-Neul; Hernández, Richard; Maskály, Jon

doi:10.1177/1057567719883930

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“…Studies show that the first-generation immigrants might have less confidence in the police than second-generation immigrants or non-immigrants do (e.g. Han et al. , 2020).…”

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Exploring the factors related to citizens' willingness to report police misconduct

Ivković

Liu

Vinogradac

et al. 2022

PIJPSM

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PurposeThis study examines the effects of diffuse support for the police, specific support for the police, experience with the police, and demographic characteristics on citizens' own expressed willingness to report police misconduct. The authors surveyed immigrants from Croatia who now reside in Germany and Ireland to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the relative role these factors play in regard to immigrants' willingness to report misconduct in Croatia.Design/methodology/approachThe study, based on a survey of 358 Croatian immigrants to Germany and 226 Croatian immigrants to Ireland, utilizes multivariate logistic regression models that assess factors affecting the respondents' expressed willingness to report police misconduct in their homeland and their current countries of residence.FindingsThe authors' multivariate models reveal that diffuse support for the police (e.g. confidence in the police and perceptions of widespread police corruption) plays a strong and significant role in explaining the respondents' willingness to report misconduct in the authors' initial models. However, the direct effect of the diffuse support completely disappears in most of the models once scenario-specific police integrity measures (e.g. views of expected discipline severity and estimates whether police officers would report misconduct) are included as well. With the exception of age, other demographic characteristics and contact with the police were not systematically and significantly related to the respondents' willingness to report.Originality/valueThis is the first empirical study to provide an in-depth exploration of various factors associated with the citizens' willingness to report police misconduct.

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“…Studies show that the first-generation immigrants might have less confidence in the police than second-generation immigrants or non-immigrants do (e.g. Han et al. , 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies show that the first-generation immigrants might have less confidence in the police than second-generation immigrants or nonimmigrants do (e.g. Han et al, 2020). Future studies could focus on exploring whether the immigrant generation is also related to the respondents' willingness to report police misconduct.…”

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Exploring the factors related to citizens' willingness to report police misconduct

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Liu

Vinogradac

et al. 2022

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“…In a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural America, police-community relations are complex, yet many minority groups, immigrant groups especially, have not been fully studied in their perceptions of the police. For example, there has not been any research that investigates the effects of immigrant generational status (i.e., first-, second-, and third-and-plus generations) on people's perception of police procedural justice (but see Han et al 2020, for a pioneering work on the effect of immigrant generational differences on people's global confidence in the police). Two alternative perspectives are helpful in predicting immigrants' perceptions of police procedural justice.…”

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Immigrant status and neighborhood context on perceptions of police procedural justice

Yuan

Sanchez

2022

Social Science Quarterly

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This study examines the relationship between immigration generational status and people's perception of police procedural justice, net of individual-level and neighborhoodlevel control variables. It also explores the importance of contextual variables, particularly neighborhood foreign-born concentration and collective efficacy, on residents' perceptions of police procedural justice. Methods: With a multi-stage, clustered sample approach, we randomly selected census tracts in San José, California, and then households inside each tract were chosen to participate in a survey. We used multi-level modeling to explore factors that were associated with procedural justice. Results: Results show first-generation immigrants, compared to second or third-and-plus-generation immigrants, are more positive in their evaluations of police procedural justice. Results also show that neighborhood collective efficacy can significantly affect people's perceptions of procedural justice, even after controlling for individual-level predictors and neighborhood characteristics. Conclusion:Both individual-level immigration measures and neighborhood factors should be included in future research.

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“We just want equality”: perceptions of police, racism, and citizenship in Israel

Abu,

Feniger,

Ben-Porat

2024

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Immigrants’ Confidence in the Police: An Examination of Generational and Ethnic Differences in the United States

Cited by 5 publications

References 60 publications

Exploring the factors related to citizens' willingness to report police misconduct

Exploring the factors related to citizens' willingness to report police misconduct

Immigrant status and neighborhood context on perceptions of police procedural justice

“We just want equality”: perceptions of police, racism, and citizenship in Israel

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