The Racial Divide at Micro Places: A Pre/Post Analysis of the Effects of the Newark Consent Decree on Field Inquiries (2015–2017)

IF 2.2 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Pub Date : 2021-08-03 DOI:10.1177/00224278211030964

Vijay F. Chillar

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Abstract

Objectives: An initial investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) found that the Newark Police Department (NPD) had engaged in a “pattern or practice” of constitutional violations with regard to stop and arrest practices, prompting the city to enter a consent decree. Methods: This study draws on official event-level data on FIs recorded by NPD officers (N = 50,322) and uses random effects panel regression models to examine how socioeconomic characteristics interact with the implementation of the consent decree at micro places in the short term. Results: Spatial analyses indicate a concentration of FI encounters. The implementation of the consent decree coincided with improvements in the quality of data collected by officers conducting FIs of citizens. It was also associated with decreased rates of reported FIs for the city’s Black and Latino citizens relative to their share of the local population, and patterns of FI encounters. Conclusions: Newark’s consent decree improved the quality of data collection. However, the spatial concentration of reported FIs and subsequent arrest of Black and Latino individuals have not experienced the same effect as they presumably require a culture change that is likely to necessitate a longer time frame to manifest.

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微观场所的种族分歧：纽瓦克同意令对实地调查影响的前后分析（2015-2017）

目标：司法部（DOJ）的一项初步调查发现，纽瓦克警察局（NPD）在拦截和逮捕方面存在违反宪法的“模式或做法”，促使该市签署了一项同意令。方法：本研究利用NPD官员记录的官方事件级FIs数据（N=50322），并使用随机效应面板回归模型来检验短期内社会经济特征如何与微观场所同意令的实施相互作用。结果：空间分析表明FI遭遇集中。同意令的实施与公民金融情报官员收集的数据质量的提高相吻合。这也与该市黑人和拉丁裔公民的FIs报告率相对于他们在当地人口中所占份额的下降以及FIs遭遇模式有关。结论：纽瓦克的同意令提高了数据收集的质量。然而，报告的FIs的空间集中以及随后黑人和拉丁裔个人的被捕并没有经历到与他们可能需要更长时间才能显现的文化变化相同的影响。

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