A Legacy of Lynchings: Perceived Black Criminal Threat Among Whites.

This article examines the legacy of lynchings on contemporary whites' views of blacks as criminal threats. To this end, it draws on prior literature on racial animus to demonstrate the sustained influence of lynching on contemporary America. We hypothesize that one long‐standing legacy of lynchings...

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Published in:	Law & Society Review Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 487 - 518
Main Authors:	Mears, Daniel P., Stewart, Eric A., Warren, Patricia Y., Craig, Miltonette O., Arnio, Ashley N.
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Jun2019
Subjects:	United States Lynching Race discrimination African Americans Attitude (Psychology) White people Conservatism Punishment Criminals
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