Predicting police behavior: Ecology, class, and autonomy

Social ecological theories of crime have recently been extended to explain spatial variation in police behavior. Although these theories successfully identify community characteristics affecting local policing, they fail to acknowledge the class-based origins of formal social control and the relativ...

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Authors: Miller, J. Mitchell (Author) ; Bryant, Kevin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1994
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1994, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-151
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Keywords:
Relative Autonomy
Arrest Rate
Police Behavior
American Sociological Review
Police Department