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Police Shooting Statistics and Public Support for Police Reforms

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

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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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  • Schiff, Kaylyn Jackson & Clark, Tom S. & Glynn, Adam N. & Owens, Michael Leo & Gunderson, Anna & Dobbie, Eric, 2024. "Police Shooting Statistics and Public Support for Police Reforms," Journal of Experimental Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(3), pages 288-299, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jexpos:v:11:y:2024:i:3:p:288-299_5
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