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- Title
Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Police Use of Tasers Following the Dziekanski Case.
- Authors
Mandel, David R.
- Abstract
Prior research has shown that men and women respond differently on a variety of behavioral, attitudinal, and affective measures related to agentic and communal interpersonal orientation, yet research on such measures seldom disaggregates findings by gender. The present study examined how gender moderated a range of affective and cognitive responses to an important social and policy issue-police use of Tasers. The study followed the Dziekanski case in which an émigré to Canada died after being repeatedly stunned with a Taser by police officers. Compared to men, women were significantly more opposed to police Taser use, they were likelier to blame police for Dziekanski's death, and they reported stronger emotional responses to the case. The findings extend support for the view that men and women exhibit different patterns of response to situations that evoke communal values, and they highlight the importance of theoretical guidance in disaggregating responses in opinion research.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; DEATH; ATTRIBUTION (Social psychology); COGNITION; COMPARATIVE studies; EMOTIONS; IMMIGRANTS; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; WEAPONS; SOCIAL attitudes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PREVENTION
- Publication
Analyses of Social Issues & Public Policy, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p310
- ISSN
1529-7489
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/asap.12022