TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Immigration and police perceptions of a "war on police" in a U.S.-Mexico border town
JO  - International criminology
A1  - Luo, Fei
A1  - Carey, Marcus Tyler
A1  - Updegrove, Alexander H.
A1  - Cho, Ahram
SP  - 299
EP  - 312
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - 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 "war on police" 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 "war on police" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2662-9968
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43576-023-00105-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -