Asking callers whether a gun is involved primes weapon perception

Evidence

Importantly, in the case of police emergencies, the dispatcher also has to ask whether a gun is involved (Summit County Communications, n.d.). This question might open up more opportunity for bias by prompting the caller to think about the presence of a weapon when they otherwise would not. Studies have shown that, in deciding whether an ambiguous object is a gun, individuals are more likely to perceive the object as a gun when the person holding it is Black compared to when they are White (Eberhardt, Goff, Purdie, & Davies, 2004). — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 286

Categorization

• QUESTION: Paragraph appears to cut off mid-sentence — the priming study result is left incomplete here.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law: A Definitive Look at…, 286