TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Geographic variation in the black-violence stereotype
JO  - Social psychological and personality science
A1  - Johnson, David J.
A1  - Chopik, William J.
SP  - 287
EP  - 294
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
N2  - The stereotype that Blacks are violent is pervasive in the United States. Yet little research has examined whether this stereotype is linked to violent behavior from members of different racial groups. We examined how state-level violent crime rates among White and Black Americans predicted the strength of the Black-violence stereotype using a sample of 348,111 individuals from the Project Implicit website. State-level implicit and explicit stereotypes were predicted by crime rates. States where Black people committed higher rates of violent crime showed a stronger Black-violence stereotype, whereas states where White people committed higher rates of violent crime showed a weaker Black-violence stereotype. These patterns were stronger for explicit stereotypes than implicit stereotypes. We discuss the implications of these findings for the development and maintenance of stereotypes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1948-5506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550617753522
ID  - ref1
ER  -