TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Racial prejudice predicts police militarization
JO  - Psychological science
A1  - Jimenez, Tyler
A1  - Helm, Peter J.
A1  - Arndt, Jamie
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - In the United States, police are becoming increasingly militarized. Whereas the racialized nature of police militarization has been documented, the relationship between racial prejudice and police militarization is less understood. We assessed the link between racial prejudice against Black and Native Americans and police militarization at individual and regional levels. Study 1 (N = 765) recruited a nationally representative sample of White Americans and found a positive association between racial prejudice and support for police militarization. Study 2 (N = 3,129,343) sourced regional aggregates of prejudice among White Americans from Project Implicit and policing data from the Defense Logistics Agency and found that police departments in states higher in prejudice acquired greater amounts of militarized equipment. Together, these studies demonstrate that, in terms of attitudes and policies, racial prejudice predicts police militarization.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0956-7976
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09567976221112936
ID  - ref1
ER  -