Author: Lopez, Mark Hugo
Title: Hispanics and the Criminal Justice System: Low Confidence, High Exposure
Summary: Latinos' confidence in the U.S. criminal justice system is closer to the relatively low levels expressed by blacks than to the higher levels expressed by whites, according to a pair of nationwide surveys by the Pew Research Center. Six-in-ten (61%) Hispanics say they have a great deal or a fair amount of confidence that the police in their communities will do a good job enforcing the law, compared with 78% of whites and 55% of blacks. Fewer than half of Latinos say they are confident that Hispanics will be treated fairly by the courts (49%) and police officers (45%).
Details: Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, 2009. 16p.
Source: Internet Resource
Year: 2009
Country: United States
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Shelf Number: 110844
Keywords:
-Hispanic AmericansDiscriminationMinoritiesPublic Opinion |
