Entry:
Barkan, Steven E. and Cohn, Steven F., "Racial Prejudice and Support by Whites for Police Use of Force," Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.
Abstract:
Prejudiced Whites are more likely to approve of unjustified police violence than non-prejudiced Whites are.
GSS Years:1990
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| POLABUSE |
CITIZEN SAID VULGAR OR OBSCENE THINGS |
| POLMURDR |
CITIZEN QUESTIONED AS MURDER SUSPECT |
| POLESCAP |
CITIZEN ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE CUSTODY |
| POLATTAK |
CITIZEN ATTACKING POLICEMAN WITH FISTS |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| REGION |
REGION OF INTERVIEW |
| SIZE |
SIZE OF PLACE IN 1000S |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| FUND |
HOW FUNDAMENTALIST IS R CURRENTLY |
| POLVIEWS |
THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE |
| LIVEBLKS |
NEIGHBORHOOD HALF BLACK |
| MARBLK |
CLOSE RELATIVE MARRY BLACK |
| WORKBLKS |
HARD WORKING - LAZY |
| INTLBLKS |
UNINTELLIGENT - INTELLIGENT |
| FAREBLKS |
SELF SUPPORTING - LIVE OFF WELFARE |
| PATRBLKS |
UNPATRIOTIC - PATRIOTIC |
| FEAR |
AFRAID TO WALK AT NIGHT IN NEIGHBORHOOD |