Abstract Empirical investigations examining how the architectural design of justice buildings impacts the public is scant and heavily skewed toward the design of penal institutions. Applying theories of hostile and welcoming building design, this study uses a survey experiment to investigate the impact that welcoming and hostile police station designs have on public affect and behaviorally relevant perceptions. Findings reveal main and interactive effects of architectural design on positive affect. Specifically, building design becomes a significant predictor of perceptions depending on an individual's self-identified racial or ethnic group, where Black and Latino respondents report greater positive emotional responses when presented with hostile as compared to welcoming building designs. However, there was no impact of building design on negative affect or behaviorally relevant perceptions to report crime. The results of this study have potential implications for impacting public perceptions about policing and improving service delivery experiences.

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正义建筑的心理学：关于警察建筑、公众情绪和种族的调查实验

摘要 关于司法建筑的建筑设计如何影响公众的实证调查很少，而且严重偏向于刑罚机构的设计。本研究应用敌意和欢迎建筑设计理论，使用调查实验来调查欢迎和敌对警察局设计对公众影响和行为相关感知的影响。调查结果揭示了建筑设计对积极影响的主要和互动影响。具体来说，建筑设计成为一个重要的感知预测指标，取决于个人的自我认同的种族或族裔群体，与欢迎建筑设计相比，黑人和拉丁裔受访者在面对敌意时报告了更积极的情绪反应。然而，建筑设计对举报犯罪的负面影响或行为相关的看法没有影响。这项研究的结果对影响公众对警务和改善服务提供体验的看法具有潜在影响。