“Oh hell no, we don't talk to police”: insights on the lack of cooperation in police investigations of urban gun violence

We conducted face‐to‐face interviews with 50 young Black men, residents of high‐crime neighborhoods in Brooklyn and the Bronx, individuals who had considerable knowledge about illegal gun markets and the resulting bloodshed. Our findings confirm that distressed milieus reliably fail to produce coope...

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1. VerfasserIn: Brunson, Rod K. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Wade, Brian A.
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: Criminology & public policy
Jahr: 2019, Band: 18, Heft: 3, Seiten: 623-648
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Schlagwörter:
Cearance rates
Crime reporting
Police–community relations
Underpolicing
Urban violence
Victimization
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Zusammenfassung:We conducted face‐to‐face interviews with 50 young Black men, residents of high‐crime neighborhoods in Brooklyn and the Bronx, individuals who had considerable knowledge about illegal gun markets and the resulting bloodshed. Our findings confirm that distressed milieus reliably fail to produce cooperative witnesses as a result of the cumulative impact of anti‐snitching edicts, fear of retaliation, legal cynicism, and high‐risk victims’ normative views toward self‐help.
ISSN:1745-9133
DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12448