Policing Diverse Societies: Using Macro to Micro Perspectives to Examine Issues in Policing

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

The police shooting of Michael Brown, and several other more recent cases, have called attention to potential racial inequalities in the criminal justice system, a system that purports to treat everyone equitably, weakening its credibility. The four papers focus on policing using diverse methodology and different perspectives, ranging from an international study to a qualitative research focusing on the experience of being frequently stopped by the police. The first paper examines police perceptions of immigrants in Cyprus. The second paper uses multilevel models and national data to examine the contextual effects of police intervention. The third paper uses longitudinal data to test if NYPD practices have changes following 2013 federal court conclusion that the NYPD “stop and frisk” practices were unconstitutional. Thus usFinally, a paper uses qualitative method to explore the experience of those most affected by NYPD “stop and frisk” practices.

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Policing / 54: Police, Communities, and Legitimacy

Individual Presentations

• Immigrants: The View from a Police Officer’s Car - Nikolaos Petropoulos, John Jay College of Criminal Justice / CUNY Graduate Center

• The Influences of Neighborhood Characteristics on Police Intervention: Examining Contextual Effects with National Data - Margret Valdimarsdottir, John Jay College of Criminal Justice / CUNY Graduate Center

• The More things Change, the More they Stay the Same? Estimating the Effect of the Floyd v. NYC on Stop-and-Frisk Patterns - Joel A. Capellan, Rowan University; Jeanene Barrett, John Jay College of Criminal Justice / CUNY Graduate Center; Jeremy Porter, Brooklyn College

• Cops Should Know the Communities they Police: A Grounded Theory Study of Minority Youths’ Experiences with Stop and Frisk, and their Engagement in Police Reform. - Jeanene Barrett, John Jay College of Criminal Justice / CUNY Graduate Center