Minority threat and police strength from 1980 to 2000: A fixed-effects analysis of nonlinear and interactive effects in large U.S. cities

Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 731-760

  Kent, Stephanie L ^a   Jacobs, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Nevada ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

City level trends; Interactions; Minority threat; Nonlinear relationships; Police per capita

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144497552     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0011-1348.2005.00022.x     Document Type: Review

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