Race, neighbourhood context and perceptions of injustice by the police in Cincinnati

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2567-2585

  Macdonald, John ^a   Stokes, Robert ^b   Ridgeway, Greg ^c   Riley, K Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; MINORITY GROUP; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; POLICE FORCE; RACE; REFORM PROCESS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN SOCIETY;

CINCINNATI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37749020499     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980701558400     Document Type: Article

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