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“The minority threat hypothesis states that the greater the percent minority in a city, the greater the employment of coercive control strategies by the police. That hypothesis is clearly supported in this study.” & “We included control variables [for] violent crime rate."

Police Use of Excessive Force in Minority Communities Police Use of Excessive Force in Minority Communities
Police Use of Excessive Force in Minority Communities
Social Problems
Smith, Brad W. / Holmes, Malcolm D.
Vol. 61 Issue 1, pp. 83–104, 2014
10.1525/sp.2013.12056
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