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21 J. Ethnicity Crim. Just. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/wecj21 and id is 1 raw text is: JOURNAL OF ETHNICITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Routledge 2023, VOL. 21, NO. 1, 1-26 https://doi.org/10.1080/15377938.2022.2152145 Taylor & Francis Group The intersecting associations between race and ethnicity, skin color, and perceived unfair treatment by police Jessica G. Finkeldeya, Christopher R. Dennison' and Shiyue Cuib aSociocultural and Justice Sciences, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, New York, USA; 'Sociology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY This study examines the association between self-identified Received 16 May 2022 race and ethnicity, perceived skin color, and ever being unfairly Revised 19 November stopped, searched, or questioned by police among a nationally 2022 representative sample of Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and other Accepted 22 November groups. Results show that Non-Latino Blacks and Latinos are more likely to experience unfair police treatment compared KEYWORDS with non-Latino Whites. Respondents with medium brown, Add health; race and dark brown, or black skin tones are more likely to report unfair ethnicity; skin color; treatment by police than those with white skin. Darker skin is unfair police treatment consequential within Latinos, although Black respondents (regardless of color) are among those most likely to experience unfair police treatment. Introduction Studies indicate that demographic characteristics such as race and ethnicity, sex, and age influence self-reported experiences of unfair treatment by police (e.g., Bjornstrom, 2015; Dennison & Finkeldey, 2021; McFarland et al., 2018a; Weitzer & Tuch, 1999, 2002). Regarding race and ethnicity, existing research supports that Black and Latino people are more likely to perceive being treated unfairly by police than White people (e.g., Bjornstrom, 2015; Dennison & Finkeldey, 2021; Hersch, 2011; McFarland et al., 2018a; Reitzel et al., 2004; Rice et al., 2005; Schuck & Martin, 2013; Weitzer & Tuch, 1999, 2002). Yet, although race and ethnicity are multi- dimensional social constructs, prior research has generally neglected to examine other indicators of race and ethnicity beyond self-identification, thereby ignoring extra-racial phenotypic characteristics such as skin color (Dixon & Telles, 2017). CONTACT Jessica G. Finkeldey ® jessica.finkeldey@fredonia.edu O Sociocultural and Justice Sciences, State University of New York at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, USA. © 2022 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC