Cover Image
QR Code

Racial prisms: experimental evidence on families' race-based evaluations of school safety.

Racial segregation is an enduring social reality in the United States. Since safety is central to residential and educational decisions, one explanation is, when choosing neighborhoods and schools, individuals use racial composition to signal safety. However, few studies have focused on race-based p...

Full description

Published in:Social Forces Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 177 - 202
Main Author: Hailey, Chantal A
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Sep2025
Subjects:
Anti-Black racism
Demographic characteristics
School safety
Racial inequality
Metal detectors
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost

Internet

View this record in EBSCOhost