Journal article
Who is Policing the Community? A Comprehensive Review of Discrimination in Police Departments
Sociology compass, Vol.12(1), pp.e12539-n/a
01/2018
DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12539
Abstract
This paper is a systematic review of the literature on diversity in police forces. We focus on four main empirical domains that have received the bulk of the attention in the literature 1) recruitment 2) hiring, 3) promotion, 4) organizational contexts. We argue that this literature would be better served by integrating findings into the emerging theoretical framework of racialized organizations theory (Ray et al. 2017) which sees organizations as a key meso‐level factor reproducing both individual and state level racial inequality. Building from here, we described our methodological approach for systematically reviewing the extant literature and present our findings. Lastly, we conclude with highlighting sociopolitical and policy implications uncovered by our findings, for contemporary American policing.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Who is Policing the Community? A Comprehensive Review of Discrimination in Police Departments
- Creators
- Victor Ray - University of TennesseeKasim Ortiz - University of New MexicoJacob Nash - University of New Mexico
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sociology compass, Vol.12(1), pp.e12539-n/a
- DOI
- 10.1111/soc4.12539
- ISSN
- 1751-9020
- eISSN
- 1751-9020
- Number of pages
- 34
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2018
- Academic Unit
- African American Studies; Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984201125702771
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