The Effect of a Complainant’s Race and Ethnicity on Dispositional Outcome in Police Misconduct Cases in Chicago | Chapter 9 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 2

 This study checks whether the race and ethnic background of the individual filing a police malfeasance allegation in Chicago concludes whether the allegation was (1) maintained, (2) not sustained, (3) driven to be unfounded (not real), or (4) whether the blamed police officer was exonerated of some wrongdoing. Multinomial logistic regression results show that Black and Hispanic complainants are much less inclined have their allegations of lawman misconduct sustained. When distinguished to a sustained effect, Black complainants are 4.7 times more likely to accept a non-sustained consequence, 3.6 times more suitable to receive an unfounded effect, and 4.2 times more likely that their dereliction allegation will culminate in the liberation of the police officer. Results likewise show that a Hispanic complainant is 1.6 times less suitable to achieve a encouraging outcome in welcome or her case alleging misconduct by a constable. These findings desire that more work still needs to be done to decrease racial difference in the resolution of allegations of lawman misconduct in Chicago.

Author(s) Details:

Andrea Marie Headley,               
McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.

Stewart J. D'Alessio,
Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.

Lisa Stolzenberg,
Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RRAASS-V2/article/view/12610