Crime, Cops, and Context: Risk and Risk-Management Strategies Among Black and Latino Youth in New York City

This study documents perceptions of victimization risk and other neighborhood dangers drawing on 43 in-depth interviews with youth residing in high-crime neighborhoods of New York City. More specifically, it relates lived experiences of crime and police encounters to perceptions of local threats and...

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Main Author: Rengifo, Andres F. (Author)
Contributors: Pater, Morgan ; Velazquez, Brenda J.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2017]
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2017, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 452-471
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Police encounters
Police–community relations
Race and ethnicity
Risk and fear of crime
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Summary:This study documents perceptions of victimization risk and other neighborhood dangers drawing on 43 in-depth interviews with youth residing in high-crime neighborhoods of New York City. More specifically, it relates lived experiences of crime and police encounters to perceptions of local threats and identifies the role of gender, race/ethnicity, and neighborhood in the configuration of these assessments. We also highlight the role of various analytical frames employed by youth as sensemaking devices to map risks and chart risk-mitigation strategies. Our findings indicate that many interview participants see the police more as a distinct environmental risk rather than a resource for risk mitigation or coping, with specific domains of risk and risk responses varying in terms of demographics, networks, and frames of interpretation.
ISSN:1552-3594
DOI:10.1177/0093854816682047