The Effect of Social and Geographic Distance on Police-Community Interactions

• In Event: Representative Bureaucracy and its Effects on Citizens

Brief Overview

We analyze how social and geographic distance between officers and the communities they serve impacts officer support towards community-police collaboration, support for police militarization and the number of complaints lodged against them.

Authors

• Jack M Mewhirter, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

• James E. Wright, American University

• Richard Feiock, Florida State University

• Jeongmin Oh, Florida State University

• Ryan M. Welch, University of Tampa