D’Alessio, Stewart J.

5 entries found for D’Alessio, Stewart J.

“Firearms tend to be employed by people for self-protection when they are afraid or feel vulnerable.” & “For a one-unit increase in percent black police officers, the difference in the odds of firearm use between Black and White criminal offenders decreases by 78%."

No relationship between suspect race and injury to police. “Thus, it seems rather unlikely that racial differences in how citizens view the police is relevant in explicating why police are more likely to use force against Black suspects."

“Where a higher percentage of crime involves a black offender and a white victim, blacks have a substantially higher likelihood of being arrested… Differential arrest of blacks… reflects the degree of criminal threat that blacks constitute for whites in that area."

“A criminal suspect with a prior record is substantially more apt than a suspect without a criminal record to be arrested by police.” & “Black suspects with a prior criminal history also fail to have an elevated likelihood of arrest unless they target White victims."

“Black and Hispanic complainants are much less likely to have their allegations of police misconduct sustained. Black complainants are 4.2 times more likely that their misconduct allegation will culminate in the exoneration of the police officer."