Police Shooting Statistics and Public Support for Police Reforms

IF 3.2 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Journal of Experimental Political Science Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.1017/xps.2023.30

Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Tom S. Clark, Adam N. Glynn, Michael Leo Owens, Anna Gunderson, Eric Dobbie

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Abstract

Abstract Does providing information about police shootings influence policing reform preferences? We conducted an online survey experiment in 2021 among approximately 2,600 residents of 10 large US cities. It incorporated original data we collected on police shootings of civilians. After respondents estimated the number of police shootings in their cities in 2020, we randomized subjects into three treatment groups and a control group. Treatments included some form of factual information about the police shootings in respondents’ cities (e.g., the actual total number). Afterward, respondents were asked their opinions about five policing reform proposals. Police shooting statistics did not move policing reform preferences. Support for policing reforms is primarily associated with partisanship and ideology, coupled with race. Our findings illuminate key sources of policing reform preferences among the public and reveal potential limits of information-driven, numeric-based initiatives to influence policing in the US.

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警察射击统计和公众对警察改革的支持

提供警察枪击信息是否影响警务改革偏好?我们在2021年对美国10个大城市的约2600名居民进行了一项在线调查实验。它包含了我们收集到的警察射杀平民的原始数据。在受访者估计了2020年他们所在城市的警察枪击事件数量后，我们将受试者随机分为三个治疗组和一个对照组。处理方法包括某种形式的关于被调查者所在城市的警察枪击事件的事实信息(例如，实际总数)。之后，受访者被问及他们对五项警务改革建议的看法。警察开枪的统计数字并没有改变警务改革的偏好。对警务改革的支持主要与党派和意识形态有关，再加上种族因素。我们的研究结果阐明了公众对警务改革偏好的主要来源，并揭示了信息驱动、基于数字的举措影响美国警务的潜在局限性。

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Journal of Experimental Political Science Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

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5.10

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8.30%

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