TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Policing protests: an experimental evaluation of the impact of protester race on support for police reform
JO  - Journal of experimental criminology
A1  - Dunbar, Adam
A1  - Hanink, Peter A.
SP  - 343
EP  - 364
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVES    To assess how media images of protests calling for police reform affect public support for police reform policies.     Methods    Participants were randomly assigned to view a picture of a protest, which depicted predominately White protesters or predominately Black protesters. Participants then indicated their support for eight police reform policies. As a follow-up to the primary analyses, we conducted regression analyses to determine how assumptions of protest demographics influence support for reform.     Results    Exposure to images highlighting the racial demographics of a protest does not affect support for reform. However, support for police reform is influenced by preexisting opinions about protests calling for police reform, including the perceived racial composition of a protest.     Conclusions    Although the public is generally supportive of police reforms, support can be affected by situational factors; beliefs about the race of who is attending protests inform support for police reform.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1573-3750
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11292-021-09499-2
ID  - ref1
ER  -