Police Violence and Policy Windows: How Information Affects Public Opinion about Reforms and Funding for Law Enforcement

• In Event: Attitudes About Schools, Police, and Law Enforcement

Brief Overview

We conduct survey experiments to assess the effects of information on who citizens believe should be responsible for preventing incidents of police violence and their support for state and local policies affecting police practices and funding.

Authors

• Cheryl Boudreau, University of California-Davis

• Scott Alan MacKenzie, University of California-Davis

• Daniel Simmons, Saint Michael’s College