Seen or Unseen? The Role of Race in Police Contact among Homeless Youth
Seen or Unseen? The Role of Race in Police Contact among Homeless Youth
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DOI：
10.1080/07418825.2018.1463389
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发表时间：
2019-07-29
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Warner, Tara D.
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作者：
Ivanich, Jerreed D.;Warner, Tara D.
Homeless youth are at an increased risk of police contact-being stopped by police and arrested, yet it is less clear if this interaction is patterned by race. The current study draws on diverse scholarship to examine three possible effects of race on homeless youths' interaction with police: that non-White homeless youth are more likely (disproportionate minority contact/symbolic assailants), less likely (out-of-place policing) or no different than White youth (master status) to experience police contact. Using the Midwest Longitudinal Study of Homeless Adolescents, we examine homeless youths' odds of self-reported police harassment and arrest. Non-White homeless youth are more likely to report police harassment and arrest, but living on the street neutralizes these racial disparities. Further, prior police harassment is linked to subsequent arrest, operating similarly for White and non-White homeless youth. We discuss the implications of these findings for advancing scholarship on the challenges faced by homeless youth.
