Police Response to Crime
Differences in the Application of Law by Race
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7843898 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Howerton (University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 51-66 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-7938 • E-ISSN: 1537-7946 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j222v04n03_03 |
| OpenAlex | W1588459680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 31 |
Based on victim accounts provided by the National Crime Victimization Survey from 1992 to 1999, this paper examines issues related to police responses to reported incidents of assault, robbery, and rape. The primary goal was to determine the extent to which victim and offender race influence police responsiveness at various stages of the criminal justice system. The data indicate that overall, police exert more effort when victims are white. They arrive faster at the scene of the crime, and demonstrate more follow-up effort after the crime has taken place. However, they do not exert more, or less effort, during their initial visit to the crime scene, when there is proximate contact with the victims. This suggests that contextual factors may affect the penchant for discrimination. This relationship held even after controlling for other factors such as poverty, weapon use, injury to the victim, and location
Crime scene · Criminal justice · Criminology · Dark figure of crime · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Violent crime · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,69 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |