TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Whites’ Concern about Crime: The Effects of Interracial Contact
JO  - Journal of research in crime and delinquency
A1  - Stewart, E. A.
A1  - Mancini, C.
A1  - Mears, Daniel P.
SP  - 524
EP  - 552
VL  - 46
IS  - 4
N2  - In recent decades, crime has emerged as a prominent policy focus nationally. Accordingly, a large literature on public views about crime has developed, one strand of which highlights the racialization of crime as a factor central to public opinion and policy discourse. Drawing on this work and studies on the effects of interracial contact, the authors seek to advance theory and research on public opinion about crime.To this end, they draw on data from an ABC News and  Washington Post poll to test competing hypotheses about the effects of interracial friendship among Whites on concern about local and national crime. The results suggest that interracial contact increases concern about crime among urban Whites.The authors discuss the implications of these findings for theory, research, and policy.<p /> 
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SN  - 0022-4278
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022427809341944
ID  - ref1
ER  -