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Perception of campus police is more negative among students from minority groups

  • Written by Christopher R. Dennison, Associate Professor of Sociology, University at Buffalo
imageStudent views of campus police may be affected by societal views of law enforcement more broadly.steved_np3 via Getty Images

Racial, ethnic and self-identified sexual minorities possess more negative views of campus police compared with nonminorities.

That’s the key finding from a new study in which we analyzed data from approximately 400...

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