Do Civilian Review Boards Impact the Perceived Legitimacy of Police Investigations?

• In Event: Public Policy Opinion, Perceptions, and Behavior

Brief Overview

We conduct a survey experiment to examine how the existence of civilian review boards (CRBs) and their determinations impact public perceptions of procedural legitimacy in police misconduct investigations, as well as trust in police chiefs and CRBs.

Authors

• Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Purdue University

• Josh McCrain, University of Utah

• Daniel S. Schiff, Purdue University

• Bryant James Moy, New York University

• Ian T. Adams, University of South Carolina

• Scott M. Mourtgos, University of Utah