Police organizational factors, the racial composition of the police, and the probability of arrest

摘要: While past research has considered the effects of police organizational characteristics on various outcomes, including arrest rates, relatively little explored role racial composition and its association with race‐specific rates. Furthermore, no between probabilities for Black White offenders factors. Using data from 2000 National Incident‐Based Reporting System (NIBRS), Law Enforcement Management Administrative Statistics (LEMAS), decennial Census, present exploratory study employs multilevel modeling to examine factors percentage force that is involved in 19,099 aggravated assaults 100,859 simple across 105 small cities. Results show assaults, relative size associated t...