Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing
This is a very challenging time for police–community relations, one characterized by a mutual lack of trust between police and citizens. But trust is an important tenet of effective community policing. Trust between police and communities can result in better problem solving, fewer legal violations...
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| author | Michael D. Schlosser Jennifer K. Robbennolt Daniel M. Blumberg Konstantinos Papazoglou |
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This is a very challenging time for police–community relations, one characterized by a mutual lack of trust between police and citizens. But trust is an important tenet of effective community policing. Trust between police and communities can result in better problem solving, fewer legal violations by citizens, less frequent use of force by the police, less resistance by citizens during arrests, greater willingness to share information, less inclination to riot, and greater willingness of community members and police to cooperate. One key obstacle to fostering trust between the community and police is confirmation bias—the tendency for people to take in information and process it in a way that confirms their current preconceptions, attitudes, and beliefs. Recognizing and addressing confirmation bias, therefore, plays a critical role in fostering more productive engagement. If we are to improve police–community relations and co-create a way forward, learning to approach debates with open minds, an awareness of the lens of our own perspectives, commitment to considering the opposite, and the goal of listening with curiosity are essential.
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fbedd695f514218a3ab1e8f988a1f702023-12-02T22:38:13ZengSG PublishingJournal of Community Safety and Well-Being2371-42982021-12-016410.35502/jcswb.219Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policingMichael D. Schlosser0Jennifer K. Robbennolt1Daniel M. Blumberg2Konstantinos Papazoglou3University of Illinois Police Training Institute, Champaign, IL, USACollege of Law, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USAThe POWER Project, San Diego, CA, USAClinical, Police, & Forensic Psychologist, The POWER Project, San Diego, CA, USA; ProWellness Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada This is a very challenging time for police–community relations, one characterized by a mutual lack of trust between police and citizens. But trust is an important tenet of effective community policing. Trust between police and communities can result in better problem solving, fewer legal violations by citizens, less frequent use of force by the police, less resistance by citizens during arrests, greater willingness to share information, less inclination to riot, and greater willingness of community members and police to cooperate. One key obstacle to fostering trust between the community and police is confirmation bias—the tendency for people to take in information and process it in a way that confirms their current preconceptions, attitudes, and beliefs. Recognizing and addressing confirmation bias, therefore, plays a critical role in fostering more productive engagement. If we are to improve police–community relations and co-create a way forward, learning to approach debates with open minds, an awareness of the lens of our own perspectives, commitment to considering the opposite, and the goal of listening with curiosity are essential. https://www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/article/view/219police-community relationspolicetrust |
| spellingShingle | Michael D. Schlosser Jennifer K. Robbennolt Daniel M. Blumberg Konstantinos Papazoglou Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being police-community relations police trust |
| title | Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing |
| title_full | Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing |
| title_fullStr | Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing |
| title_short | Confirmation bias: A barrier to community policing |
| title_sort | confirmation bias a barrier to community policing |
| topic | police-community relations police trust |
| url | https://www.journalcswb.ca/index.php/cswb/article/view/219 |
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