Derek Chauvin: Racist Cop or Product of a Racist Police Academy?

Abstract

This study uses Jerome Skolnick’s theory of the working personality to reveal how the training police recruits receive works to foster an institutional culture that promotes discrimination against Blacks. Possible solutions include anti-racist and Afrocentric educational initiatives, police reform and measures aimed at improving relations between police departments and the communities they serve.

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George Floyd Derek Chauvin police racism violence reform

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