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Expertise improves shoot/no shoot decisions in police officers and lessens potential for racial bias

06-01-2007 · EurekAlert!

From three experiments of video simulations of shoot/no shoot decision scenarios with police officers, community members and college students, researchers from the University of Chicago, the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Denver determined that training and experience is effective in minimizing decisions based on stereotyped views.

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