The Scope of Racial Bias in Policing: Behavioral Science’s Role in a Systemic Problem

John F. Dovidio; Phillip Atiba Solomon

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The Scope of Racial Bias in Policing: Behavioral Science’s Role in a Systemic Problem

John F. Dovidio, Phillip Atiba Solomon

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences October 2025, 11 (3) 22-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2025.11.3.02

John F. Dovidio

aResearch Professor and professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Yale University and partner, Humanitas Institute, United States

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bChair and Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and professor of psychology at Yale University, United States

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John F. Dovidio, Phillip Atiba Solomon

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