Question

graziano, l. m., & gauthier, j. f. (2019). examining the racial-ethnic continuum and perceptions of police misconduct. policing and society: an international journal of research and policy, 29(6), 657–672. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2017.1310859 the purpose of the graziano et al. (2019) study was to better understand the possible racial-ethnic hierarchy that exists for the perceptions of police, while placing a special emphasis on examining hispanics and asian peoples views related to police misconduct. according to the authors, little is known about the attitudes and views of hispanics and asian people regarding the racial-ethnic hierarchy for the perceptions of police and police misconduct. participants were drawn from a telephone survey that was conducted in a california city in 2015 and was considered mid-size with its population being 130,000 residents in 2010. while 64,551 contacts were attempted during the telephone survey that the data was pulled from, only 1197 residents responded and completed the survey, including 300 african americans, 300 caucasians, 300 hispanics, and 297 asians. the data revealed that there were more female respondents than males and over half the sample had a college degree at least. the article was built with quantitative research based on numerical data gathered from a survey. findings in the article were calculated and presented in themes and specific topics to address the research questions. the study determined that its findings only partially supported the hypotheses around the presence of a racial-ethnic hierarchy. while the study’s findings continued to provide supporting evidence to information known in the research field around african-american’s negative perceptions of police conduct. the study found that hispanics’ perceptions were more moderate consistent with other studies previously done. however, the study disproved its hypothesis around asians and determined that asians’ perceptions of the racial-ethnic hierarchy and police misconduct were practically indistinguishable from those of white respondents. in conclusion the study found that their findings for hispanic respondents were consistent with other research to be moderate in their views of police misconduct while the study disproved its beliefs around asian respondents finding that their answers were essentially the same as white respondents.

Explanation:

This study examined racial-ethnic hierarchies in perceptions of police misconduct. It used 2015 California telephone survey data (1197 respondents: 300 African American, 300 Caucasian, 300 Hispanic, 297 Asian). Findings partially supported the racial hierarchy hypothesis: African Americans held the most negative views of police conduct, Hispanics held moderate views consistent with prior research, and Asians' views were statistically indistinguishable from White respondents, disproving the study's initial hypothesis about Asian perceptions.

Answer:

The study found African Americans have the most negative police misconduct perceptions, Hispanics have moderate views aligned with prior work, and Asian respondents' views match those of White respondents, disproving its initial Asian perception hypothesis.