TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Black-White Differences in Support for the Racial Invariance Thesis
T2 - Lessons Learned From Philadelphia Area Residents
AU - Cooper, Maisha N.
AU - Barnaby, Carlene
AU - Updegrove, Alexander H.
AU - Gabbidon, Shaun L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was generously funded by Penn State University’s Africana Research Center, Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Public Affairs, and Penn State Harrisburg’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The racial invariance thesis contends causes of offending are similar across race/ethnicity. Black Criminology perceives some tension with this claim, suggesting instead that Black people share a unique worldview due to the racial oppression they face. This worldview may make Black people more receptive to criminological explanations identifying race-specific pathways to committing crime. In the post-Civil Rights era, many white people explain social phenomena like crime in colorblind ways. This study used a random sample of Philadelphia area residents to explore whether Black people were less likely than white people to support the racial invariance thesis. Logistic regression analyses revealed the odds of Black Philadelphians agreeing with the racial invariance thesis were 85% higher than the odds for white Philadelphians.
AB - The racial invariance thesis contends causes of offending are similar across race/ethnicity. Black Criminology perceives some tension with this claim, suggesting instead that Black people share a unique worldview due to the racial oppression they face. This worldview may make Black people more receptive to criminological explanations identifying race-specific pathways to committing crime. In the post-Civil Rights era, many white people explain social phenomena like crime in colorblind ways. This study used a random sample of Philadelphia area residents to explore whether Black people were less likely than white people to support the racial invariance thesis. Logistic regression analyses revealed the odds of Black Philadelphians agreeing with the racial invariance thesis were 85% higher than the odds for white Philadelphians.
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U2 - 10.1177/00111287221090955
DO - 10.1177/00111287221090955
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132649444
SN - 0011-1287
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
ER -