TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Mindfulness, self-control, implicit bias, race, threat perception failure, and the accidental use of deadly force against off-duty police officers
JO  - Journal of police and criminal psychology
A1  - Morley, Richard H.
A1  - Bowman, Scott William
A1  - Fulton, Cheryl L.
A1  - Roche, Sean P.
A1  - Jantz, Paul B.
A1  - Trujillo, Logan T.
SP  - 86
EP  - 95
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
N2  - This study explores the impact of mindfulness, self-control, race, and implicit bias on threat perception failure-based shootings against ununiformed officers in a training simulation. A sample of 79 students were recruited to participate in a law enforcement active shooter training simulation. Participants completed a mindfulness non-reactivity measure, the Grasmick Self-control Scale, and a Weapons Implicit Attitudes tasks (IAT). Then, participants assumed the role of a police officer in a training scenario designed to provoke wrongful deadly force. After hearing gunshots, participants in this scenario were confronted with either a Black or White male portraying an off-duty police officer holding a badge and pointing a gun at another role player lying on the ground. The mindfulness non-reactivity scale significantly predicted not shooting the off-duty officer in the combined race analysis and the White officer only analysis. Implicit bias only predicted shooting the Black officer when mindfulness non-reactivity was included as a covariate. Race moderated the correlation between self-control and the decision to shoot. Implications and future directions are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0882-0783
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11896-019-09352-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -