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“While most of our respondents said that police occasionally spoke harshly to them, they reported that officers were more apt to direct demeaning and offensive language toward blacks. For example, black study participants said that officers frequently used racial slurs."

Procedural Justice and Order Maintenance Policing: A Study of Inner-City Young Men’s Perceptions of Police Legitimacy

Justice Quarterly

Gau, Jacinta M. / Brunson, Rod K.

Vol. 27 Issue 2, pp. 255–279, 2010

10.1080/07418820902763889

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