R'PSYC 2021

Oretioluwasefunmi Agbelusi, Jessie Bridgewater, & Tuppett Yates

Authors: Yuritza Escalante, Eleanor Collier, Dr. Brent Hughes

Reliability of at-home auditory assessment using loaned calibrated devices and participant-owned devices Authors: Laura Nguyen, Kay Lee, Diego Jacuinde, Janie Espino, E. Sebastian Lelo de Larrea-Mancera, Aaron R. Seitz

Taylor Martin del Campo B.S. Brianna Cabrera B.A. Rebekah Richert PhD

Researchers: Niva Manchanda, Eleanor Collier, and Dr. Brent Hughes, University of California, Riverside

James Tate LeBlanc, Yssis Davis, and Aerika Brittian Loyd, Ph.D Recent, high-profile murders of Black Americans by police underscore the need to continue examining police practices in the U.S. Proactive policing, the strategic use of police-initiated contact (e.g., police stops) against individuals deemed “at risk” for criminogenic behavior, has been shown to be pervasive in disadvantaged communities, disproportionately targets Black youth, and leads to psychosocial distress among Black youth (Del Toro et al, 2019; Nordberg, Crawford, Praetorius, & Hatcher, 2016). Supporters of proactive policing strategies cite evidence of deterrence against future justice involvement (e.g., arrests; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2018). However, studies using officer-reported data to examine these possible deterrence effects remain limited. The California Racial Identity Profiling Act of 2015 (RIPA) was passed partly to address this empirical gap and increase law enforcement transparency. In the current study, we leveraged data from RIPA and the U.S. Census Bureau to analyze police practices against youth in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Officers reported making 1,976 stops of youth perceived to be aged 5-17 during the data collection period (July to December 2018). Hierarchical linear regression analyses revealed that youth stops in the summer predicted an increase of youth arrests in the winter. Moreover, Black youth were overrepresented in police stops (23%) and incidents of police aggression (27%; e.g., firearm pointed, baton used) compared to their constituency in the general population (8%). Our findings suggest that police stops do not prevent future arrests among youth. Additional implications of the findings are discussed.

Authors: Nikki Adhami, Sarah Knapp, Kyla Rankin, Kate Sweeny

Idalis Rivera-Ramirez, Darian Dik, Meiyu Huang, Sarah Knapp, Kate Sweeny, Ph.D.

R'Psych 2021 Undergraduate Research Conference Aim For Targets presentation Authors: Brandon Nolasco, Nooriya Gunja, Mohammed Khan, and Mark Barbusa