Segregation and “Out-of-Placeness”
The Direct Effect of Neighborhood Racial Composition on Police Stops
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12419908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Schenker (0000-0002-0456-9849, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, corresponding author), David Sylvan (0000-0003-4453-2984, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Jean-Louis Arcand (0000-0003-3671-2088, FERDI, Clermont Ferrand, France; Global Development Network, New Delhi, India; The Department of Economics, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, UM6P, Rabat, Morocco), Ravi Bhavnani (0000-0001-6501-5682, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1646-1660 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10659129231171516 |
| OpenAlex | W4366777003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 57 |
Differential police conduct may be attributed both to residential racial segregation and more general discriminatory attitudes and policies. We draw upon ethnographic and other studies of everyday policing to propose that police, in the context of racially segregated neighborhoods, intensively surveil individuals who are “out of place” in terms of their race and the local geographical context in which they are found. We then use statistical evidence from the New York City Police Department to compare stops in different neighborhoods. We find that the NYPD indeed carries out “stops” that differentially target African Americans and Hispanics present in predominantly white precincts, with the degree of surveillance increasing as precincts become more white, and as stops become more generic and less about specific, identifiable crimes
Composition (language · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Geography · Police department · Political science · Race (biology · Racial composition · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |