Citation

Kephart WM. Am. J. Sociol. 1954; 60(1): 46-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1954, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/221484

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

More than half the district patrolmen of Philadelphia find it "necessary" to be more strict with Negro than with white offenders. Statistical analysis shows, however, that the patrolmen who practice differential treatment are also those who have unfavorable opinions about Negro policemen, implying that the treatment of the Negro offender is not entirely a product of the latter's belligerency.