Table 3 Group Based Law Enforcement Mistrust Scale (GBLEMS): Results from an Exploratory Factor Analysis^◊

Eigenvalue

17.22

2.21

Proportion of Variance

89%

11%

Individual Items^

4. People of your racial group should be suspicious of information from law enforcement officers

.873

-.059

5. People of your racial group cannot trust law enforcement officers

.711

.107

7. Law enforcement officers treat people of your racial group like “animals.”

.610

.205

9. Law enforcement officers do not take the complaints of people of your racial group seriously

.605

.197

3. People of your racial group should not confide in law enforcement officers because it will be used against them

.599

.104

6. People of your racial group should be suspicious of the criminal justice system

.587

.203

1. Law enforcement officers sometimes hide information from people who belong to your racial group

.465

.260

*2. Law enforcement officers have the best interests of people of your racial group in mind

.429

.368

12. You have personally been treated poorly or unfairly by law enforcement officers because of your race

.419

.119

*10. People of your racial group are treated the same as people of other groups by law enforcement officers

-.012

.934

*8. People of your racial group receive the same protection from law enforcement officers as people from other groups

.173

.654

*11. In most courts, people of different racial groups receive the same kind of treatment from the judge

.133

.605