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Why Whites Favor Spending More Money to Fight Crime: The Role of Racial Prejudice

BARKAN, STEVEN E., COHN, STEVEN F.·2005·Social Problems
DOI 10.1525/sp.2005.52.2.300
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A “get-tough” approach has guided criminal justice policy in the United States since the 1970s. This approach has involved hiring more police, building more prisons, and handing out longer and more certain prison terms for a variety of offenses. Although scholars dispute the impact of such measures, they generally agree that these steps stem in part from widespread public concern over crime and the desire that the criminal justice system treat suspects and criminals more punitively. Prior research, however, has found that racial prejudice partly underlies punitive sentiments among the public. This article extends this work into another important dimension of public opinion on crime, the view that the criminal justice system needs more money to fight crime. We investigate a link between racial prejudice and this view using data on white Americans in the 2000 General Social Survey. We find that whites who perceive African Americans as more violent are more likely to want more money spent on crime. In specifying this general result, we find further that this relationship is limited to one segment of whites: the most racially prejudiced. Final remarks address the theoretical and pragmatic implications of these findings.

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Metadata

Authors
BARKAN, S. E., & COHN, S. F.
Affiliations
University of Maine (US)
Corresponding author
BARKAN, STEVEN E.
ORCID
BARKAN, STEVEN E.
Venue
Social Problems
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2005-05
Volume
52
Issue
2
Pages
300-314
ISSN
  • 0037-7791 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-8533
DOI
10.1525/sp.2005.52.2.300
OpenAlex
W2033570307
Cited by
181
References
77
Citations by year
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FWCI
25.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Social Problems (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
Keywords
racial prejudice, public opinion on crime, punitiveness, White Americans, criminal justice policy, racial stereotypes

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