Citation

Jefferson T, Walker MA. Br. J. Criminol. 1993; 33(2): 251-266.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Publisher Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

A survey carried out in Leeds, in areas with more than 10 per cent non-white households, investigated the attitudes of blacks, Asians, and whites to the police and their experiences of them. It was found that Asians had more favourable attitudes and fewer among them had unpleasant experiences of the police than was the case with both blacks and whites. The relationships between attitudes and experience were explored. Blacks and whites were found to be more similar to each other than had been found in other surveys where area of residence was not controlled for. The areas covered in the survey contained just over half the blacks and Asians in the city, but only 6 per cent of whites, so the sample was not representative of the whole city.