@article{ref1,
title="Immigration and police perceptions of a "war on police" in a U.S.-Mexico border town",
journal="International criminology",
year="2023",
author="Luo, Fei and Carey, Marcus Tyler and Updegrove, Alexander H. and Cho, Ahram",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="299-312",
abstract="High-profile cases of police use of force against civilians have increased public scrutiny of police. The increased media attention and resulting public criticism toward police have led to a claim of a &quot;war on police&quot; being ongoing in the United States. Perceptions of such a war have negatively affected police officers' behaviors and attitudes, but research studying this concept has been limited. Further, the alleged &quot;war on police&quot; is not race-neutral but defined in relation to Blackness, and it is thus unclear whether officers would still perceive a war on police in places lacking traditional Black-White racial tensions. This study surveyed 240 officers at a police department in a US-Mexico border city to examine their perceptions of a war on police and how personal politics and acculturation impacted those perceptions. <br><br>FINDINGS were that 78% of officers perceived a war on police. Structural Equation Modeling revealed that officers who were more right-aligned politically were more apt to believe in a war on police, but cultural orientation was not a significant predictor of that belief. Policy implications and directions for future research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2662-9968",
doi="10.1007/s43576-023-00105-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43576-023-00105-1"
}