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Citizens' Preferences about Police Work : an Argument for Racial Variations.
Nation expands the literature on citizens? attitudes toward the police by considering citizens? preferences for police work. She argues that citizens? preferences can partly explain racial variations in citizens? attitudes toward the police. The complexity of police work requires the conceptualizati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,
2011.
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| Colección: | Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Tables; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1; Is it Citizens' Attitude or Is It Citizens' Preferences:Theoretical Links; Explaining Assessment of the Police; Conceptual Framework Expectancy DisconfirmationTheory and Organizational Theory; Conclusion; CHAPTER 2; Explaining Citizens' Preferences for Police work andCitizens' Attitude Toward the Police; Prior Research on Citizens' Preferences; Prior Research on Citizens' Attitudes Towardsthe Police; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3; Analyzing Racial Variations for Citizens' Preferences; Research Questions; Sample.
- Development of the Survey QuestionnaireHypotheses; Analytical Strategy; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4; The Relationship Between Race and Citizens'Preferences for Police Work; Characteristics of Respondents and Distribution of theContact Influences; Respondents' Demographic Characteristics by Race; Citizens' Preferences for Police Activities; Summary of Findings; CHAPTER 5; The Broader Context of Race and Citizens' Preferences; Summary of Findings; Discussion of Findings and Policy Implications; Future Research; References; Index.