Recently, Researchers Complied Data from District Attorney and Police Files

question 188

Multiple Choice

Recently, researchers complied data from district attorney and police files in order to assess criminal suspect and officer characteristics, as well as contextual factors in police shooting incidents in the Denver area. What did these in-depth data reveal?

• A) Police officers, including a substantial majority who were white and a minority who were officers of color, were more restrained and compassionate in dealing with whites than blacks.
• B) Police officers saw black suspects as much more threatening than whites.
• C) While blacks were more likely to be shot than whites, they were not more likely to be involved in serious crimes or to have just victimized other people, including police officers.
• D) Broader "societal fears" of community crime involving blacks seemed to influence numerous officers not to wait for more information and to be quicker in shooting black and Latino suspects.
• E) All the above

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