TY - JOUR
T1 - Race, income, and perceptions of the U.S. Court system
AU - Brooks, Richard R W
AU - Jeon-Slaughter, Haekyung
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - This article reports on the effect of income within race on African Americans' perception of the courts. Our findings are somewhat consistent with the previous research on black middle-class relative dissatisfaction with various American institutions. That is, unlike whites and Latirios in our study, we find that higher-income African Americans are more skeptical of the notion that blacks receive equal treatment in the courts. This same group also reported less confidence in the court's handling of specific types of cases (e.g., civil, criminal and juvenile delinquency cases.) However, better off blacks were more likely than poor blacks to have confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court and community courts. These findings point a more complex account of African American perceptions of the courts, an account that draws a distinction between diffused and specific support of the courts.
AB - This article reports on the effect of income within race on African Americans' perception of the courts. Our findings are somewhat consistent with the previous research on black middle-class relative dissatisfaction with various American institutions. That is, unlike whites and Latirios in our study, we find that higher-income African Americans are more skeptical of the notion that blacks receive equal treatment in the courts. This same group also reported less confidence in the court's handling of specific types of cases (e.g., civil, criminal and juvenile delinquency cases.) However, better off blacks were more likely than poor blacks to have confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court and community courts. These findings point a more complex account of African American perceptions of the courts, an account that draws a distinction between diffused and specific support of the courts.
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U2 - 10.1002/bsl.442
DO - 10.1002/bsl.442
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11385701
AN - SCOPUS:0034951951
SN - 0735-3936
VL - 19
SP - 249
EP - 264
JO - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
JF - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
IS - 2
ER -