Citizens Attitudes towards A (Un)Change in Policing in the US

• In Event: Assessing Public Knowledge & Confidence in Social Control Strategies

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to understand if people`s expectation not to change police has a significant pattern. We use survey design to collect data and multivariate regression analyses to test significant correlates. Major findings of the analyses are that attitudes toward unchanging law enforcement have significant predictors. While changing police is a current topic, factors associated with unwillingness to the change should also be examined.

Authors

• Ismail Onat, University of Scranton

• Mehmet F. Bastug, University of Scranton

• Ahmet Guler, The Pennsylvania State University