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“Stereotypes appear to be leading to a systematic distortion in the perception of a neighborhood’s crime rate.” & “Measures of crime based on official reports … cannot explain all, or even most, of the influence of racial composition on perceptions of neighborhood crime."

Black Neighbors, Higher Crime? The Role of Racial Stereotypes in Evaluations of Neighborhood Crime Black Neighbors, Higher Crime? The Role of Racial Stereotypes in Evaluations of Neighborhood Crime
Black Neighbors, Higher Crime? The Role of Racial Stereotypes in Evaluations of Neighborhood Crime
American Journal of Sociology
Quillian, Lincoln / Pager, Devah
Vol. 107 Issue 3, pp. 717–767, 2001
10.1086/338938
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