Slocum, Lee Ann

5 entries found for Slocum, Lee Ann

“There are significant racial disparities in all types of arrests, especially those involving bench warrants. Although the race gap declined, in 2019, there were still more than four Black people arrested for bench warrants for every White person."

“The effect of being stopped or arrested on perceptions of the police does not differ among Blacks, Whites, and Latinos. In the base model, the effect of unsatisfactory treatment varies by race/ethnicity and is largest for Whites and smallest for Blacks."

“The results indicate that civilians killed by the police who are other races/ethnicities are more likely than Whites to pose no clear threat… The difference between Whites and Blacks in the likelihood of posing no clear threat is not statistically significant."

Poor and Black people “without these types of police-initiated and unjust encounters” are at least as likely “to report their personal victimizations” as White people; however, police contact has “a stronger inhibitory effect on reporting for Blacks relative to Whites."

Repeated unjustified encounters with police “correlates with dimmer views of law enforcement and [may lead to] … police avoidance, or help-seeking behavior in the context of criminal victimization."