POLS 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Affidavit, Reasonable Suspicion, Unit
27 Feb 2017
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Fryer, an economist at harvard, produced a study using non-lethal force data in nyc and lethal force data from houston. Finds that african americans are substantially more likely to be the subject of non-lethal force, but not different from whites in terms of lethal force, controlling for the circumstances. How is use of force perceived by different groups: violent encounters between police and civilians are interpreted differently based upon race, john hurwitz and mark peffley. Conducted a survey in which respondents were asked to rate the fairness of the cj system then evaluate a police use of force incident. How do we improve police use of force: understanding through data, training, community relations, accountability. Training: additional education and practice on implementing force effectively, focus on de-escalation, implicit bias training. By engaging in community policing, police might reduce hostility and suspicion.
