Predicting citizen race in allegations of misconduct against the police
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1998
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(97)00072-X
Abstract
Official complaints that have been filed with the internal affairs office of a large police department in the Southeast were examined over a three-year period. Using logistic regression, three areas were used to predict the race of the citizen filing the complaint: characteristics of the officer (age, tenure, race, and gender); characteristics of the complaint (initiation circumstance, complaint type, and number of officers at the scene); and reaction of the department (substantiation rate and sanctions). A number of the variables were found to be significant predictors of citizen race, including officer age and tenure, complaint type and initiation, number of officers at the scene, and substantiation of the complaint. The relationship between substantiation and citizen race was found to be spurious; when controlling for complaint type, the relationship was no longer significant.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Criminal Justice, v. 26, issue 2, p. 87-97
Scholar Commons Citation
Michelle Lersch, Kim, "Predicting citizen race in allegations of misconduct against the police" (1998). School of Information Faculty Publications. 602.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/si_facpub/602
