Police stops function as identity-revealing tests of whether one deserves respect

Evidence

People stopped by the police in a sense discover whether they are or are not the kind of person to whom respect is normally granted. — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 506

Categorization

• SEED: Essay angle: everyday encounters with gatekeeping authorities as micro-rituals that teach people their social worth, faster than culture changes.
• XREF: connects to: Police treatment teaches stopped citizens their own worthiness of respect — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy: Dilemmas of…, 506; Police demand visible deference gestures that demonstrate suspect status understood; Negative attention from authorities can reinforce a negative identity. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 4130

Broader Connections

• Police treatment teaches stopped citizens their own worthiness of respect #corroborates (0.95) — Michael Lipsky, Street-Level Bureaucracy, 506
• Police demand visible deference gestures that demonstrate suspect status understood #expands (0.85)
• Negative attention from authorities can reinforce a negative identity. #expands (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4130