Perceptions of Southwestern African-Americans with regard to safety and the police: An exploratory study
| dc.contributor.advisor | Reich, Naomi | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Wynn, Heather Ellen | |
| dc.creator | Wynn, Heather Ellen | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-03T13:20:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-03T13:20:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278313 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of African-Americans in the Southwest with regard to police, crime, and safety. As part of a larger study of a 12,500 sample of White, Asian, Hispanic, American Indian, and African-Americans, a questionnaire was mailed to 5,000 randomly sampled African-Americans, stratified by gender, age, State of residence, and area of residence. Frequency analyses, t-test analyses, and ANOVA analyses, were conducted. Results indicated that African-American males had more positive attitudes toward safety than females. Also noted was that the age group of 60+ had more positive attitudes toward police than other age groups (18-25, 26-40, 40-60), as well as a better awareness of community policing than the age group of 18-25. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sociology, Criminology and Penology. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sociology, Public and Social Welfare. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies. | en_US |
| dc.title | Perceptions of Southwestern African-Americans with regard to safety and the police: An exploratory study | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en_US |
| dc.identifier.proquest | 1352384 | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Graduate College | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.bibrecord | .b27055607 | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-07-15T04:40:18Z | |
| html.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of African-Americans in the Southwest with regard to police, crime, and safety. As part of a larger study of a 12,500 sample of White, Asian, Hispanic, American Indian, and African-Americans, a questionnaire was mailed to 5,000 randomly sampled African-Americans, stratified by gender, age, State of residence, and area of residence. Frequency analyses, t-test analyses, and ANOVA analyses, were conducted. Results indicated that African-American males had more positive attitudes toward safety than females. Also noted was that the age group of 60+ had more positive attitudes toward police than other age groups (18-25, 26-40, 40-60), as well as a better awareness of community policing than the age group of 18-25. |
