Research on the Relationships Between Perceptions, Stereotyping, and Crime Rates

Multiple Choice

Research on the relationships between perceptions, stereotyping, and crime rates reveals that:

A) the racial makeup of the neighborhood actually has a stronger impact on perceptions of high crime rates than the actual crime rate
B) Blacks who live in a poor neighborhood are no more likely to feel hey are treated unfairly by police than their White counterparts
C) Blacks in middle-class neighborhoods feel that their neighborhoods are treated unfairly by police compared to White neighborhoods
D) Blacks are more likely than Whites to use the perceived rate of crime among Blacks as a reason for their differential treatment by police