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Contextual Determinants of Observed Negative Emotional States in Police–Community Interactions
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Contextual Determinants of Observed Negative Emotional States in Police–Community Interactions

David A Makin, Dale W Willits, Wendy Koslicki, Rachael Brooks, Bryce J Dietrich and Rachel L Bailey
Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol.46(2), pp.301-318
02/2019
DOI: 10.1177/0093854818796059

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Abstract

Researchers universally agree that interactions between police and community members have the propensity to be emotionally charged. However, to date, there is limited research investigating situational and dynamic factors that make an interaction between a police officer and citizen more or less emotionally charged. Analyzing unedited police body-worn camera footage, associated with 287 criminal code violations, this research explores the individual, behavioral, and environmental factors that affect police officers’ and citizens’ emotional states during a police–citizen interaction. Results show clear variations at the situational, organizational, and environmental levels influencing the observed emotional state of the suspect and police officer.
observed negative emotional states body-worn cameras police–community interactions quantitative content analysis event modeling

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