{"id":180,"date":"2012-08-09T17:25:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T21:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=180"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:15:03","slug":"sarah-harmer","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/people\/sarah-harmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Harmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>M.A. Research:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>The Role of Multiple Racial Stereotypes in Simulated Shooting Decisions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-abstract\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Abstract\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-abstract\">\n            \n\nPrevious research has examined the role of extraneous variables in simulated, computer based shooting decisions. Multiple studies in the United States have analyzed errors and reaction times from a simulated, computer based shooting task and have revealed that University students continually display shooting biases against Black individuals (shooting them more often and quicker). Research in Canada has failed to replicate these studies. The current study seeks to examine the role of multiple racial groups in shooting decisions. There are two main reasons for examining various racial groups (White, Black, Middle Eastern and East Asian). First, it is anticipated that including multiple groups may better conceal the task and may decrease socially desirable responding. Second, the inclusion of multiple groups is more representative of the study location\u2019s population (Ottawa) and therefore will have more realism. It is anticipated that participants will make more shooting errors towards groups who have been identified in previous research as being \u2018dangerous\u2019 such as Middle Eastern and Black individuals.\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Sarah","cu_people_last_name":"Harmer","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[6],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-180","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Crime Analyst, London Police Service","cu_people_degree":"M.A. (Carleton University)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1396,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/180\/revisions\/1396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/policeresearchlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}