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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Police Shooting"”.
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System Justification and Normative Influence: Jury Decision-Making in a Police Shooting Trial
This study investigated whether normative influence (i.e., arguments to conform to the group) was related to jurors' system justification (SJS) beliefs (i.e., beliefs that justify a racially disparaging societal status quo) and time during the deliberation of a mock trial. Given the traumatic …
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Fatal and Non-Fatal Police Shootings in the United States, 2015: An Examination of Open-Source Data
<p><strong>Purpose and Significance</strong>: Police shootings do not always result in death. This fact raises a question of what distinguishes fatal and non-fatal police shootings (FNFPS). However, no existing database is available to address how often and under what circumstances civilians have …
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The gun-wielding bias embodiment effect under stress
… as a neutral object, such as the high-profile police shooting of Amidou Diallo. However, these embodiment effects have not been studied under stress, results of which could speak to not only applied concerns, but the nature of embodiment as well. In order to start developing an understanding as …
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Transcendent leader centered analysis: A reconstructive approach to social movement analysis
… transpired in New York City surrounding the police shooting of Amadou Diallo. Conclusions indicate that in the postmodern era a social movement leader's utmost priority should not be to defeat the opposition's arguments but to coordinate the management of meanings construed so that …
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To trust or not to trust: Examining trust and perceptions of police in the United States
… with the acquittals or the failure to charge in police abuse of force incidents, such as Alton Sterling has contributed to the erosion in the level of trust individuals have in law enforcement. This dissertation examines the factors that contribute to the level of trust one has in law …
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Automatically identifying people shot by police from media sources
… and widespread protests, there is no database of police-involved fatal shootings. To this end, it is extremely important to develop a system that will monitor media reports of police use of force in nearly real time. In particular, my thesis leverages the recent developments in the field of text …