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OPINION article

Front. Organ. Psychol
Sec. Organizational Justice, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Volume 2 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/forgp.2024.1457526
This article is part of the Research Topic Applying cognitive and social psychology to the legal system: What we know today and what is next View all 6 articles

Diversifying the Police through the Tenets of Intergroup Contact Theory

Provisionally accepted
Saaid A. Mendoza Saaid A. Mendoza 1*Suzette Caleo Suzette Caleo 2
  • 1 Providence College, Providence, United States
  • 2 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    Keywords: Diversity & Inclusion, Police, Intergroup Contact, Racial Bias, Social Justice

    Received: 04 Jul 2024; Accepted: 30 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Mendoza and Caleo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Saaid A. Mendoza, Providence College, Providence, United States

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