Racial and Ethnic Threat

Stults, Brian J.; Swagar, Nic

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“…As Blalock (1967) himself observed, such proxy measures are "often inadequate for obtaining reasonably direct measures of discriminatory behavior" (p. 144). 9 Nevertheless, since we cannot observe the psychological processes that ultimately produce decisions (Ulmer, 2012), we must instead utilize structural indicators of group threat to test the research hypotheses (see Feldmeyer & Cochran, 2018;Stults & Swagar, 2018). 10 An additional limitation is that the regression models did not include every relevant case-or county-level factor that may influence variation in detention.…”

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“…While group threat hypotheses, especially minority threat, have been studied extensively with respect to incarceration and sentencing in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, less attention has been paid to early processing decisions such as preadjudication detention (see Feldmeyer & Cochran, 2018;Stults & Swagar, 2018). As Feld (2017) notes, preadjudication detention is a "critical decision" for several reasons (p. 108).…”

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Estimating Targeted Group Threats in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Disproportionate Minority Contact at Preadjudication Detention

Zane

2022

Crime & Delinquency

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This study examines whether group threats in the surrounding social context positively moderate disproportionate minority contact at preadjudication detention in the juvenile justice system. To do so, the study utilizes a multijurisdictional sample of 96,619 juvenile court referrals across 139 counties (within four states) to examine a series of group threats—racial, ethnic, economic, and age threat. Due to the nested structure of the data, multilevel models are employed. To test the hypotheses, cross-level interactions between group threats and defendant race and ethnicity are estimated following current best practices for measuring interactions with nonlinear dependent variables. Findings indicate mixed and mostly limited support for the group threat hypotheses, consistent with prior mixed findings. Implications for research and policy are discussed.

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Estimating Targeted Group Threats in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Disproportionate Minority Contact at Preadjudication Detention

Zane

2022

Crime & Delinquency

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“…While many empirical studies of interracial crime focus on the macrostructural opportunity perspective, relatively few explore the relationship between racial competition (or threat) and interracial crime. 1 Prior research grounded in threat-based arguments has primarily examined how powerful societal groups use formal state mechanisms, such as the criminal legal system, to protect their position from competing subordinate groups (see Stults & Swagar, 2018 for an in-depth review). Although different studies have conceptualized and measured racial threat in various ways, the central elements of the hypothesis are rooted in Blalock's (1967) seminal work on minority-group relations, also known as the minority threat or racial threat thesis.…”

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White Violence, Black Victims: The Impact of Political and Economic Competition on Interracial Killings in 21st Century America

Reid

2023

Homicide Studies

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Do political and economic rivalries promote interracial killings in 21st-century America? This article examines the determinants of disaggregated interracial killings in 1,381 U.S. counties by testing conflict-based accounts in an era of economic recession and unprecedented Black political mobilization. Results show that one dimension of racial conflict—political competition—is linked to interracial killings. Counties with mounting interracial rivalry in the political domain are significantly more likely to experience White perpetrated killings of Black residents and less likely to experience Black-on-White homicide offending. These results suggest that contests for political influence lead to greater interracial violence involving White perpetrators and Black victims.

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“…First, “white nationalist groups” (WNGs) refer to named organizations whose agendas are “largely dictated by their concern with protecting what they believe to be a threatened white racial identity” (Fording & Schram, 2020, p. 50). “Racial threats” refer to changes in the socioeconomic, demographic, and political status quo, which members of dominant racial groups perceive as challenging their privileged access to economic resources and political and social power (Stults & Swagar, 2018, pp. 149–151).…”

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Mobilizing the White: White Nationalism and Congressional Politics in the American South

Weiner

Zellman

2022

American Politics Research

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To what extent do white nationalists influence Congressional representative conservatism? Although ethnocentrism, out-group prejudice, and racial threats strongly predict American political attitudes and voter behavior, how social movements predicated on these beliefs shape political outcomes is rarely considered. We argue that white nationalist activities significantly contribute to the radicalization of Congressional representatives’ policy agendas in a manner non-reducible to demographic or socioeconomic conditions. By mobilizing white voters against racial status threats, they indirectly compel politicians to adopt more radically conservative agendas. We quantitatively test these propositions by examining distributions of white nationalist groups in the American South against Congressional representative conservatism from 2010–2017. Analyses reveal that white nationalists indeed appear to significantly impact representative radical conservatism, even controlling for numerous factors commonly theorized to explain their rise. In doing so, we contribute to emerging insights on the political influence of the radical right on the contemporary American conservative “mainstream.”

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Racial and Ethnic Threat

Cited by 22 publications

References 107 publications

Estimating Targeted Group Threats in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Disproportionate Minority Contact at Preadjudication Detention

Estimating Targeted Group Threats in the Juvenile Justice System: An Examination of Disproportionate Minority Contact at Preadjudication Detention

White Violence, Black Victims: The Impact of Political and Economic Competition on Interracial Killings in 21st Century America

Mobilizing the White: White Nationalism and Congressional Politics in the American South

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