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Whites’ Concern about Crime: The Effects of Interracial Contact

Florida State University, Tallahassee, dmears{at}fsu.edu

Christina Mancini

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

Eric A. Stewart

Florida State University, Tallahassee

In recent decades, crime has emerged as a prominent policy focus nationally. Accordingly, a large literature on public views about crime has developed, one strand of which highlights the racialization of crime as a factor central to public opinion and policy discourse. Drawing on this work and studies on the effects of interracial contact, the authors seek to advance theory and research on public opinion about crime.To this end, they draw on data from an ABC News and Washington Post poll to test competing hypotheses about the effects of interracial friendship among Whites on concern about local and national crime. The results suggest that interracial contact increases concern about crime among urban Whites.The authors discuss the implications of these findings for theory, research, and policy.

Key Words: crime • interracial • contact

This version was published on November 1, 2009

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 46, No. 4, 524-552 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0022427809341944


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