Nothing to Fear Here: White Americans' Emotional Reactions to Police Violence

• In Event: Racial Bias in the Criminal Justice System

Brief Overview

Our survey experiment finds that white Americans feel less fear when the victim of police violence is Black, highlighting how race structures emotional responses & revealing the political significance of emotion in shaping public attitudes.

Authors

• Hilary Jan Izatt, Binghamton University

• Zoe Walker, University of Rochester

• Charlotte Boucher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor