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MI + SPIA Fall Speaker Series: Jeannine Bell -- Mining the Trust Gap: Ferguson and Americans' Changing Views of Police Behavior
(Greater Washington DC Metro Area)
Jeannine Bell, professor at the Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington, will present "Mining the Trust Gap: Ferguson and Americans' Changing Views of Police Behavior."
Events in Ferguson, Missouri, after a white police officer, Darren Wilson, shot to death an unarmed man, Michael Brown, on August 9, 2014, reveal that neither the end of Jim Crow nor the election of a black president of the United States has allowed African Americans to be similarly situated with whites. Nowhere is the separation between blacks and whites clearer than in criminal justice matters. From statistics regarding incarceration to public opinion regarding police behavior, there has long been a wide gulf between white and black Americans.
President Obama and others refer to the drastic difference in public opinion regarding the police a "trust gap." The trust gap is nothing new however, as African Americans have long had difficult relationships with the police. These relationships have been complex and have varied by class. Sustained discussion of the incidents between police officers and African Americans may also have affected whites views of police practices.
In her talk, Bell will explore views of police processes by Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds using a range of sources including interviews with blacks and whites, new accounts, and public opinion data.
Bell was recently appointed editor of the prestigious "Law and Society Review," a publication of the Law and Society Association.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
Lecture begins at 6:30 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.
The 2015 Fall Speaker Series is a joint effort of the Metropolitan Institute (MI) and the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA).
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