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BLACK YOUTH AND THE POLICE

01 January 1991

BLACK YOUTH AND THE POLICE
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 008141
G Gaskell , London School of Economics Department of Social
Psychology
Policing, Spring 1986 2(1) pp26-34

Examines recent research on the attitudes of young people,
particularly those from ethnic minority groups, towards the
police. Suggests that black people are not prejudiced against the
police simply because they see them as a symbol of oppressive
white society, nor are they more hostile as a result of their
generally high unemployment levels. It seems that black attitudes
are based on shared stereotyping arising from a folk history of
unpleasant encounters with the police which have become part of
the collective beliefs of young people. Concludes that
improvements in community relations will, therefore, be hard to
achieve. 16 references .

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