Title: African Americans' Attitudes Toward the Local Police
Abstract: sociological literature has focused considerable attention on how well people like their local police. As part of their focus, scholars have studied topics such as police-community relations (Gabor & Low, 1973; Johnson & Gregory, 1971; Trojanowicz, 1972; Trojanowicz & Moore, 1988; Wilson & Kelling, 1985), citizens' perceptions of the police (Albrecht & Green, 1977; Harris, 1981; McDowell, 1984; Peek, Lowe, & Alston, 1981; The Plague, 1981), and police and citizen interactions (Barlow, 1990; Black, 1970; Black & Reiss, 1970; Hartjen, 1972; Piliavin & Briar, 1964; Sykes & Brent, 1983; Sykes & Clark, 1975). Although numerous studies have been conducted to assess the public's attitude toward the local police, many of them have been characterized by small, unrepresentative, and mostly middle-class White samples from which generalizations are questionable. In an
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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