Does Location Really Matter? Contextual Effects of County and Constituent Characteristics on Elected Sheriffs' Opinions About Firearm Access and Regulation

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作者：

Meitl, Michele Bisaccia ^{[1
]}

Bachmann, Michael ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Texas Christian Univ, Dept Criminol & Criminal Justice, Scharbauer Hall 4204,TCU Box 298720, Ft Worth, TX 76129 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF POLICE AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2023年

关键词：

Law enforcement perceptions; Sheriff perspectives; Firearm access; Gun control; Mass shootings; Index measurement; Opinion index; DESIGN;

D O I：

10.1007/s11896-023-09588-0

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律];

学科分类号：

0301 ;

摘要：

Sheriffs are an elected group of law enforcement personnel that have significant impact on policy decisions. Unlike local police departments, they continue to be an understudied population despite this impact. The present study proposes a validated instrument for criminologists to measure law enforcement officials' opinions on firearm access and regulation. It continues previous published research on elected sheriffs' support for civilian gun rights in the state of Texas (Meitl et al. 2021) by examining potential effects of a broad range of county and constituency characteristics. Results show that, with only one exception, sheriffs' beliefs on gun ownership and access were stable across county characteristics, indicating that there is little appetite among these policy influencers to limit access to, and increase regulation of, firearms.

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