Abstract: Our work is exploratory in nature and is designed to give a snap shot of current attitudes and beliefs of a specific population toward police. In this article we present descriptive findings from a household survey of low income African Americans living in public housing. Given the recent protests over police treatment of African Americans, it is important to get a current measure of African American perceptions of police. We question if the incidents of police violence around the country will cause negative attitudes toward police, and, thereby, damaging police-community relations. In addition, we measure levels of fear of crime and feelings of safety.
Keywords: Police, Community, Relations, Fear of Crime, Neighborhood Safety, Perceptions, Citizen, Attitudes, Government, Efficacy, Race, Low-Low Income, Public Housing, Minorities.
Title: In the Aftermath: Perceptions of Police in an African American Community
Author: Timothy Sweet Holp, Glenn Zuern
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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