Objective

To examine the effects of a high-profile police-involved shooting that resulted in a civil unrest on officers’ attitudes towards their communities and job performance.

Methods

A natural experiment design and original data from a population survey of 1,003 police officers in Newark are used to compare officers’ perceptions of community support for law enforcement, the impact of repeated media scrutiny of law enforcement on their job, and officers' aversion to discipline before and after the civil unrest that occurred in response to the controversial police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte.

Results

In the weeks after the Keith Scott incident, officers reported significantly lower levels of perceived community support for law enforcement and greater discipline aversion, while no significant change in the impact of media scrutiny was observed.

Conclusion

Findings suggest officers may not be immune to controversies involving police in other cities and might project onto the communities they police the feelings of hostility expressed towards law enforcement elsewhere.

中文翻译：

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一场备受瞩目的警察涉枪击案、内乱以及警察对合法性的看法：来自自然实验的见解

客观的

研究导致内乱的警方高调枪击事件对警察对其社区和工作表现的态度的影响。

方法

自然实验设计和来自纽瓦克 1,003 名警察的人口调查的原始数据被用来比较警察对社区支持执法的看法、媒体反复审查执法对其工作的影响以及警察对纪律的厌恶在为回应夏洛特有争议的警察枪击基思·斯科特而发生的内乱之前和之后。

结果

在基思·斯科特事件发生后的几周内，警官报告说，人们认为社区对执法的支持程度显着降低，而对纪律的厌恶程度更高，而没有观察到媒体审查的影响发生显着变化。

结论

调查结果表明，警察可能无法免于涉及其他城市警察的争议，并且可能会将对其他地方执法部门表达的敌意情绪投射到他们所监管的社区中。