Race, Ethnicity, and Policing, 2010, p.118-139
2010
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Race and Policing in Different Ecological Contexts
- Ist Teil von
- Race, Ethnicity, and Policing, 2010, p.118-139
- Ort / Verlag
- New York, USA: NYU Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2010
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- Alma/SFX Local Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- A recent trend in policing research is its focus on ecological context. Demographic factors continue to be studied, but the literature is no longer confined to assessing the influence of individual-level variables on either officer behavior or citizens’ perceptions of the police. Scholars are increasingly realizing that place matters. This chapter examines current knowledge regarding the effects of three different contexts—neighborhoods, cities, and nations. But before proceeding to that discussion, I briefly summarize findings on selected individual-level predictors. Race/ethnicity is one of the strongest predictors of citizen attitudes and experiences with the police. Blacks and Latinos are more likely
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISBN: 9780814776155, 0814776159DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814776155.003.0005Titel-ID: cdi_walterdegruyter_books_10_18574_nyu_9780814776155_003_0005
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- African Americans, American minorities, Anthropology, Behavioral sciences, Cities, Communities, Crime, Criminal justice, Criminal law, Criminology, ecology, Ethnic groups, ethnicity, Ethnology, Government, Government services, Hispanic, Hispanics, Human geography, Human societies, individual, Latino, Law, Law enforcement, Metropolitan areas, national origin, native-born, Neighborhoods, Police, Police services, police treatment, policing, Political geography, Political science, race, Retirement communities, Social geography, Social groups, Social sciences, Social Theory, Sociology, White people