Racial prejudice, perceived injustice, and the Black-White gap in punitive attitudes

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Striking Out: Race and Support for Police Use of Force (2009, background): “…and stereotyping with whites’ support for punitive criminal penalties (Bobo & Johnson, 2004; Cohn, Barkan, & Halteman, 1991; Hurwitz & Peffley, 1997; Johnson, 2001, 2008; Unnever & Cullen, 2007), spending on crime (Barkan & Cohn, 2005), and, more germane to the current research, attitudes toward…”
A Multilevel Test of Minority Threat Effects on Sentencing (2010, background): “Even so, the history of blacks in America varies greatly from that of Hispanics, and public opinion research suggests that race may be a more salient threat marker than is ethnicity (Dixon 2006; Gilliam et al. 2002; Johnson 2008; Quillian 2006).”
Never too late (2010, background): “…between African Americans and Whites in support for capital punishment (Blacks oppose, Whites favor) and whether the legal system is permeated with injustice (Blacks yes, Whites no) (Hagan et al., 2005; Cochran and Chamlin, 2006; Unnever and Cullen, 2007; Johnson, 2008; Unnever et al., 2008b).”