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Economic Inequality or Racial Threat? The Determinants of Police Strength
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Dirlam, Jonathan C
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1367520702
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2013, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Sociology.
Abstract
A vexing question faced by political sociologists and criminologists is whether economic inequality or racial threat is more important in shaping the size of a city’s police force. Prior research has established a strong positive relationship between police force size and racial threat, but the link between economic inequality and police force size is less clear. A sample of 170 cities with a population greater than 100,000 in 1980 is used to conduct fixed effects analyses on the determinants of police size. The results establish that economic inequality and racial threat are both important determinants of police force size. In addition, there is evidence economic inequality is in fact the stronger determinant. These findings suggest that social control methods may contribute to the perpetuation of economic and racial inequality.
Committee
David Jacobs (Advisor)
Pages
40 p.
Subject Headings
Sociology
Keywords
Crime
;
Economic Inequality
;
Racial Threat
;
Police
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Dirlam, J. C. (2013).
Economic Inequality or Racial Threat? The Determinants of Police Strength
[Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1367520702
APA Style (7th edition)
Dirlam, Jonathan.
Economic Inequality or Racial Threat? The Determinants of Police Strength.
2013. Ohio State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1367520702.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Dirlam, Jonathan. "Economic Inequality or Racial Threat? The Determinants of Police Strength." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1367520702
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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