The role of perceptions of the police in informal social control: Implications for the racial stratification of crime and control

Social Problems

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 383-407

  Drakulich, Kevin M ^a   Crutchfield, Robert D ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Informal social control; Neighborhood racial composition; Perceptions of police; Procedural injustice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881363963     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2013.60.3.383     Document Type: Article

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