Neighborhood racial context and perceptions of police-based racial discrimination among black youth

Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 847-887

  Stewart, Eric A ^a   Baumer, Eric P ^a   Brunson, Rod K ^b   Simons, Ronald L ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Neighborhoods; Police; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649100509     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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