@article{ref1,
title="The impact of race/ethnicity and quality-of-life policing on public attitudes toward racially biased policing and traffic stops",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="2015",
author="Zhao, Jihong Solomon and Lai, Yung-Lien and Ren, Ling and Lawton, Brian",
volume="61",
number="3",
pages="350-374",
abstract="This article examines the impact of race/ethnicity and quality-of-life (QOL) policing on citizens' perceptions of racial bias and traffic stops. Using data obtained from a random-sample telephone survey of Houston citizens, respondents were asked whether they felt that the police treated citizens &quot;equally&quot; based on the race/ethnicity of the citizen as well as the race/ethnicity of the officer. These variables were then recoded to construct a nominal measure ranging from racially biased policing to absence of racially biased policing, with a middle category of &quot;semiracially&quot; biased policing. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that race/ethnicity was a significant predictor. In addition, the results strongly suggested that QOL policing was significantly associated with a decrease in respondents' perceptions of racially biased policing. Finally, there was a significant relationship between racially biased policing and expected treatment of traffic stops made by the police.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/0011128711398028",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128711398028"
}