Black Mayors and Police Policies

Saltzstein, Grace Hall

doi:10.2307/2131494

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“…It seems reasonable to wonder whether police-community relations would be better in cities with local political arrangements that maximize the susceptibility of the local government to political pressure. This would be consistent with previous research that found that the presence of an African American mayor increased the likelihood of the creation of citizen review boards (Salzstein, 1989). Therefore, it would be interesting to see whether traditional (unreformed) governments have better police-community relations.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 87%

“…For instance, Wilson's (1968) classic study of police organization devotes an entire chapter to the ways that local political culture (influenced heavily by variation across local political systems) influences the style of policing. Other more recent research suggests that local politics affects criminal justice outcomes such as violence (Jacobs & Carmichael, 2002;Jacobs & O'Brien, 1998;Jacobs & Wood, 1999;Stucky, 2003), minority police employment (Kerr & Mladenka, 1994;Salzstein, 1989) and the imposition of citizen police review boards (Salzstein, 1989). In addition, many police executives believe that local politics influences staffing decisions (Koper & Moore, 2001).…”

Section: Local Politics and Police Strengthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Local politics and police strength

Stucky¹

2005

Justice Quarterly

102

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confidence: 87%

Section: Local Politics and Police Strengthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local politics and police strength

Stucky¹

2005

Justice Quarterly

102

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“…In particular, a large research literature has examined the relationship between local black representation and black municipal employment. Although not unequivocal, evidence suggests that increases in black city council and mayoral representation increase black municipal employment (Dye and Renick, 1981;Eisinger, 1982), particularly black police employment (Kerr and Mladenka, 1994;Salzstein, 1989).…”

Section: Local Political Structures and Representationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Local Politics and Violent Crime in U.S. Cities*

Stucky

2003

Criminology

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Recent research has begun to examine the effects of politics on crime. However, few studies have considered how local political variation is likely to affect crime. Using insights from urban politics research, this paper develops and tests hypotheses regarding direct and conditional effects of local politics on violent crime in 958 cities in 1991. Results from negative binomial regression analyses show that violent crime rates vary by local political structures and the race of the mayor. In addition, the effects of structural factors such as poverty, unemployment, and female‐headed households on violent crime depend on local form of government and the number of unreformed local governmental structures. Implications for systemic social disorganization and institutional anomie theories are discussed.

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“…Evidence suggests black elnpowerment reflected in the election of black public officials has resulted in public policies beneficial to Africa11 Americans (Browning, Marshall, and Tabb 1984;Dye and Renick 1981;Eisinger 1982Eisinger , 1983Hall-Saltzstein 1989;Meier and England 1984;Mladenka 1989;Stein 1986;). Similarly, Hispanic empowerment results in policies beneficial to Hispanics (Mladenka 1989).…”

Section: Women and Polbitbgsmentioning

confidence: 99%