PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Martin Tankleff, Soft Sell, Debriefing
29 Jan 2013
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Victim and offender are strangers (rare, usually victims and offenders know each other) Location of incident (if it"s a more public place, they are more apt to arrest the suspect) Measured on speed and accuracy with shoot/don"t shoot decisions. Black and white targets holding wither threatening (gun) vs. non-threatening (cell phone) Black targets are 5 times more likely to die at the hand of a police officer. The community sample set a lower criterion (more trigger happy ) vs. the police. Racial bias seen in both samples: more likely to shoot unarmed black man vs unarmed white man , less likely to shoot armed white man vs. armed black man . Police are faster at making an accurate decision. Police can tell if a target is armed faster. Policing involved high levels of stress for officers and their families. What is stressful varies by officer: so do consequences of stress. Citizen complaints (if they act more harsh to citizens)
