Officer Race Versus Macro-Level Context: A Test of Competing Hypotheses About Black Citizens’ Experiences With and Perceptions of Black Police Officers

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-242

  Brunson, Rod K ^a   Gau, Jacinta M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Black citizens; Black police officers; community accountability; ecology; policing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922743780     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128711398027     Document Type: Article

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