<p>Research has now well documented that minoritized individuals, particularly Blacks, are more likely to be victims of police use of force in the United States. However, the various social and physical environments in which racial/ethnic minority victimization is more likely to occur remain poorly understood. Some evidence has suggested that a higher percentage of minorities in residential space and racial/ethnic residential segregation are both related to a higher rate of police use of force. Here, we examine how spatial clustering of Black, Latino, and White residents relate to both fatal and non-fatal police use of force using data at both the national level and in a subset analysis of Texas. We find that Black and Latino clustering are related to higher rates of overall fatal and non-fatal police use of force, as well as higher rates of both Black and Latino victimization respectively. However, the opposite is the case for White clustering. White clustering across neighborhoods is negatively related to both fatal and non-fatal police use of force. Moreover, when broken out by race, White clustering is unrelated to the White victimization rate. These patterns suggest that White neighborhoods are relatively advantaged spaces when the police interact with civilians.</p>

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White residential clustering, race/ethnicity, and police use of force across neighborhoods in the United States

  • Kathryn Freeman Anderson,
  • Thomas Marcellus Avent

摘要

Research has now well documented that minoritized individuals, particularly Blacks, are more likely to be victims of police use of force in the United States. However, the various social and physical environments in which racial/ethnic minority victimization is more likely to occur remain poorly understood. Some evidence has suggested that a higher percentage of minorities in residential space and racial/ethnic residential segregation are both related to a higher rate of police use of force. Here, we examine how spatial clustering of Black, Latino, and White residents relate to both fatal and non-fatal police use of force using data at both the national level and in a subset analysis of Texas. We find that Black and Latino clustering are related to higher rates of overall fatal and non-fatal police use of force, as well as higher rates of both Black and Latino victimization respectively. However, the opposite is the case for White clustering. White clustering across neighborhoods is negatively related to both fatal and non-fatal police use of force. Moreover, when broken out by race, White clustering is unrelated to the White victimization rate. These patterns suggest that White neighborhoods are relatively advantaged spaces when the police interact with civilians.