Our review offers a compelling case for centering race in place-based research and policing. Specifically, we build on insights gained from the racial structural perspective that well-documented, residentially based race disparities yield divergent social worlds, setting the stage for crime concentration and its durability. Centering race requires a critique of conventional approaches to studying hot spots policing, a heralded public safety initiative informed by the law of crime concentration and troublesome places. Race is unquestionably an organizing feature of American life and its associated indignities have proven exceedingly injurious for distressed Black and Latino communities. Therefore, we implore place-based scholars to thoughtfully consider the data routinely utilized, explore how police actions unfold in hot spots, recognize potential harms associated with intensified policing, and seriously consider that even “evidence-based” crime reduction strategies have the potential to exacerbate racial disparities. We provide guidance for stimulating advancements in hot spots policing research through theoretical integration, methodological innovation, and broadening what kinds of data qualify as evidence. Our goal is to inspire research agendas that holistically investigate why crime clusters in micro-places, engendering effective and fair public safety strategies. Without thoughtful consideration of the underlying causes of crime concentration and critical analysis of policing efforts, we risk worsening existing racial disparities, further alienating impacted neighborhood residents.

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对基于地方的研究和治安的以种族为中心的批评


我们的评论为将种族问题纳入基于地方的研究和治安提供了令人信服的案例。具体来说，我们建立在从种族结构角度获得的见解的基础上，即有据可查的、基于居住地的种族差异产生了不同的社会世界，为犯罪集中及其持久性奠定了基础。以种族为中心需要对研究热点警务的传统方法进行批评，这是一项以犯罪集中和麻烦地区的规律为基础的公共安全倡议。种族无疑是美国生活的一个组织特征，事实证明，与之相关的侮辱对陷入困境的黑人和拉丁裔社区造成了极大的伤害。因此，我们恳请地方学者认真考虑日常使用的数据，探索警察在热点地区如何采取行动，认识到与强化警务相关的潜在危害，并认真考虑即使是“基于证据的”减少犯罪策略也有可能加剧种族差异。我们通过理论整合、方法创新和扩大可作为证据的数据类型，为刺激热点警务研究的进步提供指导。我们的目标是激发研究议程，全面调查为什么犯罪聚集在微观场所，从而制定有效和公平的公共安全策略。如果不深思熟虑犯罪集中的根本原因并对警务工作进行批判性分析，我们就有可能加剧现有的种族差异，进一步疏远受影响的社区居民。