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“Police-Community Relations in a Majority Black City,” Journal of Research in
Crime and Delinquency, 45 (No. 4, November 2008), 398-428. (with Ronald
Weitzer and Steven A. Tuch).
Minority racial and ethnic groups often view themselves as targets of abusive treatment at the hands
of the police. Although racial variation in public assessments of the police in the United States has
been amply documented in past research, less research has explored the sources of these
differences at the intersection of demographic, interactional, and ecological levels. This paper
examines the role of each factor in shaping citizens’ perceptions of police misconduct, racial
differences in these perceptions, and the reasons underlying them. The locus of the study is also
important. Most research on police-community relations has been conducted in cities whose
populations and police departments are majority-white in composition, despite the growing number
of minority-white cities. The present study draws on data from residents of a majority-black city with a
majority-black police department: Washington, DC. The findings contribute to our understanding of
policing in such under-researched cities.
Crime and Delinquency, 45 (No. 4, November 2008), 398-428. (with Ronald
Weitzer and Steven A. Tuch).
Minority racial and ethnic groups often view themselves as targets of abusive treatment at the hands
of the police. Although racial variation in public assessments of the police in the United States has
been amply documented in past research, less research has explored the sources of these
differences at the intersection of demographic, interactional, and ecological levels. This paper
examines the role of each factor in shaping citizens’ perceptions of police misconduct, racial
differences in these perceptions, and the reasons underlying them. The locus of the study is also
important. Most research on police-community relations has been conducted in cities whose
populations and police departments are majority-white in composition, despite the growing number
of minority-white cities. The present study draws on data from residents of a majority-black city with a
majority-black police department: Washington, DC. The findings contribute to our understanding of
policing in such under-researched cities.
Police-Public Encounters Abstracts