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“While the officers acknowledged [joking] existed and that it was racial, officers perceived the joking as harmless and merely as part of the occupation; as a part of the typical policing experience.” & “The joking is contextualized as common, harmless, and explicable."

“I Don’t Think I Have, but I’ve Heard.”: Examining Perceptions of Race Relations in the Los Angeles Police Department Among Male Mexican-American Police Officers
Race and Justice
in Press,
2020
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