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Ethnicity, trust, and acceptance of authority among police officers

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  • De Angelis, Joseph
  • Kupchik, Aaron

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This article examines the factors that influence the willingness of police officers to comply with decisions made by police command staff. In particular, this research focuses on the extent to which officer ethnicity interacts with perceptions of procedural justice in influencing officer compliance. The data for this study were drawn from an anonymous mailed survey (n = 648) examining officer attitudes toward the complaint investigation process in one large municipal police department. Structural equation modeling demonstrates that ethnicity does influence officer compliance, but only weakly and indirectly. Latino/a officers are less likely to report trust in police internal affairs than White officers, and thus somewhat less likely report that they are willing to comply with command staff decisions. Other factors, such as morale, perceptions of procedural justice, and rank, prove to be much more powerful predictors of officer compliance than ethnicity.

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  • De Angelis, Joseph & Kupchik, Aaron, 2009. "Ethnicity, trust, and acceptance of authority among police officers," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 273-279, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:37:y::i:3:p:273-279
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