TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Whites' perceptions about Black criminality: a closer look at the contact hypothesis
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Mancini, Christina
A1  - Mears, Daniel P.
A1  - Stewart, Eric A.
A1  - Beaver, Kevin M.
A1  - Pickett, Justin T.
SP  - 996
EP  - 1022
VL  - 61
IS  - 7
N2  - Scholars have documented how media accounts and policy discourse have presented Blacks and criminality as virtually synonymous, a phenomenon termed the racialization of crime. However, despite extant research on the contact hypothesis--which holds that relationships with members of other groups should reduce stereotypes--no studies have examined whether different indicators of interracial contact (IC) affect Whites' perceptions of Black criminality; by extension, no research speaks to whether IC effects are contingent on types of racialized views, or whether the amount of IC impacts perceptions. To advance scholarship, this study uses survey data to analyze the extent to which each type of IC is associated with Whites' views of Black criminality. It then examines whether IC differentially predicts beliefs in crime versus non-crime-related stereotypes. Finally, it assesses whether the amount of IC influences stereotype endorsement. Consistent with the contact hypothesis, results indicate a generalized stereotype-reducing impact of IC, with some caveats.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128712461900
ID  - ref1
ER  -