... and their ideology. Consistent with the authors’ arguments throughout the book, they show that liberals and conservatives differ significantly in their support for such reforms. However, drawing on theoretical insights from both framing and priming, they identify political communication strategies that might...

... as well as minimize priming within potentially violent organizations. Through these steps, the potential for collective violence can be appreciably reduced with more openness in existing security agencies and more flexibility in bureaucratic hierarchies that engage in covert operations...

... allocating money to police, probation, public schools, community healthcare clinics, and community job creation programs. A framing experiment in the survey manipulated the adjectives that described the communities that would receive funds. According to racial priming theory, the treatments evoked a variety...

...This chapter summarizes the empirical findings of the book and explains two of its contributions to scholarship. First, it contributes evidence that Americans hold “pragmatic” opinions about crime prevention. Second, it indicates that racial priming may not affect opinions about neighborhood-level...

... of the 2010s, and reached a crescendo in the “defund the police” movement of 2020. The chapter reviews survey data of the American public’s opinions about crime prevention and welfare policy preferences over time. It also introduces the reader to racial priming theory and predicts how racial stereotypes could...