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Dr. Cécile Rousseau quoted in Vancouver Sun

Published: 26 November 2020

Experts question deletion of racism allegations from Vancouver police report
Considering that Pyxis researchers observed serious problems on two of the 12 ride-alongs they conducted, even describing the incidents as outliers seems “problematic,” said UUֱ Prof. Cecile Rousseau, who has done work in community policing and race. That finding is even more significant because of what’s known as “social desirability bias,” she said, the phenomenon of people being on their best behaviour when they know they’re being observed.
Vancouver Sun

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