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- Title
NEIGHBORHOOD RACIAL CONTEXT AND PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE-BASED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AMONG BLACK YOUTH.
- Authors
STEWART, ERIC A.; BAUMER, ERIC P.; BRUNSON, ROD K.; SIMONS, RONALD L.
- Abstract
Renewed interest has occurred in the United States around racially biased policing. Unfortunately, little is known about the effects of neighborhood social context on black adolescents' experiences with racially biased policing. In the current study, we examined whether perceptions of racially biased policing against black adolescents are a function of neighborhood racial composition, net of other neighborhood- and individual-level factors. Using two waves of data from 763 black adolescents, we found that black adolescents most frequently are discriminated against by the police in predominantly white neighborhoods. This effect especially is pronounced in white neighborhoods that experienced recent growth in the size of the black population. Our results lend support to the “defended” white neighborhood thesis.
- Subjects
PREDICTION of criminal behavior; RACE discrimination; POLICE; NEIGHBORHOODS; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics; RACIAL profiling in law enforcement; DISCRIMINATION in law enforcement
- Publication
Criminology, 2009, Vol 47, Issue 3, p847
- ISSN
0011-1384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00159.x