TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - The typification of Hispanics as criminals and support for punitive crime control policies
JO  - Social science research
A1  - Welch, Kelly
A1  - Payne, Allison Ann
A1  - Chiricos, Ted
A1  - Gertz, Marc G.
SP  - 822
EP  - 840
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
N2  - The Hispanic population is now the largest and fastest growing minority in the United States, so it is not surprising that ethnic threat linked to Hispanics has been associated with harsher crime control. While minority threat research has found that individuals who associate blacks with crime are more likely to support harsh criminal policies, the possibility that this relationship exists for those who typify Hispanics as criminal has yet to be examined. Using a national random sample, this study is the first to use HLM to find that perceptions of Hispanics as criminals do increase support for punitive crime control measures, controlling for various individual and state influences. Moderated and contextual analyses indicate this relationship is most applicable for individuals who are less apt to typify criminals as black, less prejudiced, less fearful of victimization, politically liberal or moderate, not parents, and living in states with relatively fewer Latin American immigrants.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-089X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.09.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -