A Critical Evaluation of a Racial Literacy Education Program for Police Recruits

IF 2.1 3区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Race and Justice Pub Date : 2024-01-22 DOI:10.1177/21533687231222459

Maria J. Valgoi, Helen A. Neville, Michael Schlosser, S. Cha-Jua

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Abstract

We used a practical–participatory evaluation method to develop and critically evaluate a racial literacy education program for police recruits. The 10-h Racial Literacy Project (RLP) education was developed over the course of a year and across two training cohorts. The programming was informed by the literature and using the input of a core academic team, veteran police officers, and community members. A quasi-experimental design was used to assess the influence of the RLP intervention on a third cohort. Recruits participated in either the RLP intervention ( n = 34) or a Nonracial Diversity intervention ( n = 37). Participants’ pre- and posttest scores were compared on racial colorblind beliefs (or denial and minimization of racism) and ethnocultural empathic feelings. There were no significant differences on posttest racial colorblindness scores across the two intervention groups. Also, surprisingly, recruits in the RLP intervention group displayed statistically significant lower levels of empathetic feeling towards People of Color at posttest compared to their Nonracial Diversity intervention group counterparts. These findings suggest that 10 h of exposure to racial literacy education is insufficient to produce targeted desired changes. Several recommendations for future development of the RLP are included.

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对警察新兵种族素养教育计划的批判性评估

我们采用了一种实践-参与式评估方法，为新招募的警察制定了一项种族素养教育计划，并对该计划进行了批判性评估。为期 10 小时的种族素养教育项目（RLP）历时一年，分两批进行培训。课程设计参考了相关文献，并采纳了核心学术团队、资深警官和社区成员的意见。采用准实验设计来评估 RLP 干预措施对第三批学员的影响。新招募人员参加了 RLP 干预（34 人）或非种族多样性干预（37 人）。比较了参与者在种族色盲信念（或对种族主义的否认和最小化）和民族文化同理心方面的测试前和测试后得分。两个干预组在测验后的种族色盲得分上没有明显差异。此外，令人惊讶的是，与非种族多样性干预组的新兵相比，RLP 干预组的新兵在测试后对有色人种的同理心水平明显较低。这些发现表明，10 个小时的种族素养教育不足以产生有针对性的预期变化。本报告还对 RLP 的未来发展提出了若干建议。

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期刊介绍： Race and Justice: An International Journal serves as a quarterly forum for the best scholarship on race, ethnicity, and justice. Of particular interest to the journal are policy-oriented papers that examine how race/ethnicity intersects with justice system outcomes across the globe. The journal is also open to research that aims to test or expand theoretical perspectives exploring the intersection of race/ethnicity, class, gender, and justice. The journal is open to scholarship from all disciplinary origins and methodological approaches (qualitative and/or quantitative).Topics of interest to Race and Justice include, but are not limited to, research that focuses on: Legislative enactments, Policing Race and Justice, Courts, Sentencing, Corrections (community-based, institutional, reentry concerns), Juvenile Justice, Drugs, Death penalty, Public opinion research, Hate crime, Colonialism, Victimology, Indigenous justice systems.