Accountability and police use of force: Interactive effects between minority representation and civilian review boards

Andrea M. Headley

Public Management Review, 2022, vol. 24, issue 11, 1682-1704

Abstract: I assess a contingency model of representative bureaucracy, suggesting the effect of minority representation, if any, on police use of force is likely to be stronger with external oversight of police. I use OLS regression to examine main and interactive effects of minority representation and the presence of civilian review boards on police use of force in the U.S. I find that representation on the police force is negatively associated with police use of force. However, there is a stronger effect of minority representation on use of force when the department also has a civilian review board, supporting contingency effects.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2021.1916066

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