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Black and Blue - How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System (Hardcover)
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Black and Blue - How African Americans Judge the U.S. Legal System (Hardcover)
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The American legal system is experiencing a period of extreme
stress, if not crisis, as it seems to be losing its legitimacy with
at least some segments of its constituency. Nowhere is this
legitimacy deficit more apparent than in a portion of the African
American community in the U.S., as incidents of police killing
black suspects - whether legally justified or not - have become
almost routine. However, this legitimacy deficit has largely been
documented through anecdotal evidence and a steady drumbeat of
journalistic reports, not rigorous scientific research. This book
offers an all-inclusive account of how and why African Americans
differ in their willingness to ascribe legitimacy to legal
institutions, as well as in their willingness to accept the policy
decisions those institutions promulgate. Based on two
nationally-representative samples of African Americans, this book
ties together four dominant theories of public opinion: Legitimacy
Theory, Social Identity Theory, theories of adulthood political
socialization and learning through experience, and information
processing theories. The findings reveal a gaping chasm in legal
legitimacy between black and white Americans. More importantly,
black people themselves differ in their perceptions of legal
legitimacy. Group identities and experiences with legal authorities
play a crucial role in shaping whether and how black people extend
legitimacy to the legal institutions that so much affect them. This
book is one of the most comprehensive analyses produced to date of
legal legitimacy within the American black community, with many
surprising and counter-intuitive results.
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