The reverse racism effect: Are cops more hesitant to shoot Black than White suspects?

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12483
• Published date: 01 February 2020
• Date: 01 February 2020

DOI: 10.1111/1745-9133.12483

CORRIGENDUM

The reverse racism effect: Are cops more hesitant to

shoot Black than White suspects?

We would like to acknowledge our misuse of the term “Reverse Racism” within this article’s title and

content. We did not account for the deeply controversial racial context surrounding the term within

race/racism scholarship, and its implication that subordination of communities of color no longer

occurs or has been replaced by subordination of whites. In hindsight, our use of the term to describe

officers fearing the consequences of being perceived as biased and modifying behavior accordingly

would have been better titled “The Counter Bias Effect.”

REFERENCE

James, L., James, S. M., & Vila, B. J. (2016). The reverse racism effect: Are cops more hesitant to shoot Black than

White suspects? Criminol Public Policy,15(2), 457–479. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12187

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