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Police Understanding and Perception of African American English: A Matched-Guise Investigation
Police Understanding and Perception of African American English: A Matched-Guise Investigation
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202105639
- ISBN
- 9798270237141
- DDC
- 364
- 서명/저자
- Police Understanding and Perception of African American English: A Matched-Guise Investigation
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Indiana University, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 212 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-06, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Hipple, Natalie Kroovand.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Amid declining public confidence in law enforcement, particularly among Black Americans, and increased visibility of violent police interactions via social media, scholarly attention has turned to racial disparities in police-community relations. Despite growing research, linguistic bias remains underexamined. Existing studies show that non-native speakers of African American English (AAE) overestimate their comprehension, and court transcriptionists demonstrate low accuracy when transcribing AAE. Misunderstandings and negative perceptions of AAE have been documented in courtroom settings, with speakers viewed as less credible and more criminally culpable. Given that Black Americans are disproportionately subjected to police stops, questioning, and force, linguistic bias may critically contribute to disparate outcomes. This study uses a matched-guise design to evaluate police officers' comprehension and perceptions of AAE speakers. Thirty-one Midwest police officers listened to identical speakers using either AAE or Mainstream American English (MAE) and completed comprehension questions and social perception ratings. Results revealed significant comprehension disparities: officers demonstrated 12.9 percentage points lower accuracy for AAE speakers (62.4%) versus MAE speakers (75.3%), confirmed through paired t-tests (p = .003), non-parametric tests (p = .007), and mixed-effects modeling (OR = 1.97, p = .005). Exploratory analyses of the predominantly White (81%) and male (74%) sample revealed demographic associations with comprehension performance, including a gender effect favoring female officers and age/experience effects associated with lower AAE comprehension; however, the small, homogeneous sample limits conclusions about demographic moderation, warranting replication with larger, more diverse samples. Regarding perceptions, composite analyses showed officers rated AAE speakers significantly more negatively on negative stereotype dimensions (p = .046, d = 0.37) and marginally less positively on positive traits (p = .076), with bias concentrated on criminality and aggression. Qualitative interviews revealed officers identified fear of retaliation and community stigma as primary barriers to cooperation. These findings demonstrate that both comprehension deficits and selective perceptual biases could impair police-community interactions, highlighting the need for communication training, implicit bias training addressing AAE-criminal associations, and systemic reforms addressing linguistic barriers.
- 일반주제명
- Criminology
- 일반주제명
- Sociolinguistics
- 일반주제명
- Linguistics
- 일반주제명
- African American studies
- 일반주제명
- Law enforcement
- 키워드
- Linguistic bias
- 키워드
- Policing
- 키워드
- Race
- 기타저자
- Indiana University Criminal Justice
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-06A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aAmid declining public confidence in law enforcement, particularly among Black Americans, and increased visibility of violent police interactions via social media, scholarly attention has turned to racial disparities in police-community relations. Despite growing research, linguistic bias remains underexamined. Existing studies show that non-native speakers of African American English (AAE) overestimate their comprehension, and court transcriptionists demonstrate low accuracy when transcribing AAE. Misunderstandings and negative perceptions of AAE have been documented in courtroom settings, with speakers viewed as less credible and more criminally culpable. Given that Black Americans are disproportionately subjected to police stops, questioning, and force, linguistic bias may critically contribute to disparate outcomes. This study uses a matched-guise design to evaluate police officers' comprehension and perceptions of AAE speakers. Thirty-one Midwest police officers listened to identical speakers using either AAE or Mainstream American English (MAE) and completed comprehension questions and social perception ratings. Results revealed significant comprehension disparities: officers demonstrated 12.9 percentage points lower accuracy for AAE speakers (62.4%) versus MAE speakers (75.3%), confirmed through paired t-tests (p = .003), non-parametric tests (p = .007), and mixed-effects modeling (OR = 1.97, p = .005). Exploratory analyses of the predominantly White (81%) and male (74%) sample revealed demographic associations with comprehension performance, including a gender effect favoring female officers and age/experience effects associated with lower AAE comprehension; however, the small, homogeneous sample limits conclusions about demographic moderation, warranting replication with larger, more diverse samples. Regarding perceptions, composite analyses showed officers rated AAE speakers significantly more negatively on negative stereotype dimensions (p = .046, d = 0.37) and marginally less positively on positive traits (p = .076), with bias concentrated on criminality and aggression. Qualitative interviews revealed officers identified fear of retaliation and community stigma as primary barriers to cooperation. These findings demonstrate that both comprehension deficits and selective perceptual biases could impair police-community interactions, highlighting the need for communication training, implicit bias training addressing AAE-criminal associations, and systemic reforms addressing linguistic barriers.
■590 ▼aSchool code: 0093.
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■650 4▼aSociolinguistics
■650 4▼aLinguistics
■650 4▼aAfrican American studies
■650 4▼aLaw enforcement
■653 ▼aAfrican American English
■653 ▼aLinguistic bias
■653 ▼aMatched-guise design
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