The impact of race/ethnicity, neighborhood context, and police/citizen interaction on residents' attitudes toward the police

By Yung-lien Lai, Jihong Zhao. 2010

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Explaining Majority and Minority Trust in the Police (2013, unknown): “Lai & Zhao, 2010 ; MacDonald & Stokes, 2006 ; Tyler, 2005 ).”
Shaping Citizen Perceptions of Police Legitimacy: A Randomized Field Trial of Procedural Justice (2013, background): “We do know that contact and experience with police shape citizens’ overall satisfaction with police (see Frank, Smith, and Novak, 2005; Lai and Zhao, 2010; Weitzer and Tuch, 2005).”
Trust in the Police (2015, result): “…regarding the relationship between gender and attitudes toward police is less conclusive: Some studies have found that females express more favorable attitudes (Cao, Frank, & Cullen, 1996), while others suggest gender is insignificant (Frank et al., 1996; Lai & Zhao, 2010; Ren et al., 2005).”
Race, Social Bonds, and Juvenile Attitudes toward the Police (2015, background): “For instance, Nihart et al. (2005) found that feelings toward parents and teachers were positively related to feelings toward the police.”
Fear of Crime, Incivilities, and Collective Efficacy in Four Miami Neighborhoods (2013, methodology): “Lai and Zhao (2010) found that satisfaction with the police work was strongly related to general attitudes about the police and specific trust in the police department.8 Police satisfaction was measured using a single Likert item inquiring about the current level of satisfaction with the police.”