Implicit Bias in Policing: Part Two

"If you scored high on the bias against Afro-Americans portion of the test, then you were actually less likely to provide clot-busting treatment for a heart attack for black patients." [...]similar research into response by actual police officers found only slight, statistically insignific...

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Published inLaw & Order Vol. 64; no. 8; p. 8
Main Authors Means, Randy, Thompson, Paul
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wilmette Hendon Publishing Company 01.08.2016
Subjects
African Americans
Association Measures
Behavior
Bias
Emotional Response
Expectation
Heart attacks
Intelligence Quotient
Law Enforcement
Mental Disorders
Pacing
Patients
Physicians
Police
Psychiatry
Psychological Patterns
Racial Bias
Researchers
Stereotypes
Students
Studies
White people
Whites
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Summary:"If you scored high on the bias against Afro-Americans portion of the test, then you were actually less likely to provide clot-busting treatment for a heart attack for black patients." [...]similar research into response by actual police officers found only slight, statistically insignificant, differences in whether and when officers pulled the trigger on unarmed black and white 'suspects'- suggesting that training and other positive experience may reduce implicitly biased responses.
ISSN:0023-9194