Race, drugs, and policing: Understanding disparities in drug delivery arrests
Race, drugs, and policing: Understanding disparities in drug delivery arrests
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1745-9125.2006.00044.x
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发表时间：
2006-02-01
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影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Pfingst, L
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作者：
Beckett, K;Nyrop, K;Pfingst, L
本文利用几个独特的数据源来评估和解释西雅图毒品运送逮捕中的种族差异。将有关在该城市运送五种严重毒品中任何一种的人的种族和民族构成的证据与因该罪行而被捕的人的种族和民族构成进行比较。我们的研究结果表明，在西雅图运送毒品的被捕者中，黑人所占比例明显过高。一些组织实践解释了这些逮捕中的种族差异：执法部门重点关注罪犯，优先考虑户外毒品场所，以及警察资源在种族异质地区的地理集中。现有证据进一步表明，这些做法并非由犯罪率或社区投诉等种族中立因素决定。因此，我们的研究结果表明，种族塑造了对谁和什么构成西雅图毒品问题的看法，以及对该问题的组织反应。
This article draws on several unique data sources to assess and explain racial disparity in Seattle's drug delivery arrests. Evidence regarding the racial and ethnic composition of those who deliver any of five serious drugs in that city is compared with the racial and ethnic composition of those arrested for this offense. Our findings indicate that blacks are significantly overrepresented among Seattle's drug delivery arrestees. Several organizational practices explain racial disparity in these arrests: law enforcement's focus on crack offenders, the priority placed on outdoor drug venues, and the geographic concentration of police resources in racially heterogeneous areas. The available evidence further indicates that these practices are not determined by race-neutral factors such as crime rates or community complaints. Our findings thus indicate that race shapes perceptions of who and what constitutes Seattle's drug problem, as well as the organizational response to that problem.