The Blue Perspective: Police Perception of Police-Community Relations

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dc.contributor.advisorAdler, Marina
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Deveraux Christian
dc.contributor.departmentSociology and Anthropology
dc.contributor.programSociology, Applied
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-29T18:12:49Z
dc.date.available2021-01-29T18:12:49Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe increasing number of unarmed black men killed by police has flooded the national spotlight, generating scrutiny and outrage. This development has increased the focus of research and policy on effective policing strategies and their effect on police-community relations. This study seeks to understand police officers’ perceptions of the community they serve as well as their perceptions of how community members view law enforcement officers. The research is based on in-person interviews with six officers in the Baltimore and Washington, DC area. The interviews focus on the following topics: 1) perceptions of neighborhood crime conduct, 2) perceptions of neighborhood safety and factors to crime, 3) perception of communities’ attitudes towards police, and 4) collective efficacy. The results indicate that for this particular sample "The Blue Perspective,” is actually a "black and brown” perspective of minority officers’ experience. These officers’ viewpoints are not drastically different from civilians in the communities they police.
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dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2fswa-1u8u
dc.identifier.other11853
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/20759
dc.languageen
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.sourceOriginal File Name: Smith_umbc_0434M_11853.pdf
dc.subjectBaltimore
dc.subjectcommunity
dc.subjectperspective
dc.subjectpolice
dc.subjectrelations
dc.subjectWashington DC
dc.titleThe Blue Perspective: Police Perception of Police-Community Relations
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