This article examines the role of racial identity in the configuration of opinions about the police. We argue that racial identity links social context to individual valuations of law enforcement, moderating the association between specific encounters and general views on police legitimacy and effectiveness. These propositions are assessed using data from a sample of 451 Black and Latino/a youth in New York City. Findings lend partial support for the hypothesis that, for youth with a strong racial/ethnic identity, the detrimental consequences of more “coercive” stops and stops seen as disrespectful are amplified for valuations of legitimacy but not of effectiveness. We discuss these findings in the context of emerging work connecting race, law, and procedural justice at the micro- and macrolevels.

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身份棱镜：种族认同如何构成对警察联系、合法性和有效性的认知

本文考察了种族认同在关于警察的意见配置中的作用。我们认为，种族认同将社会背景与个人对执法的评价联系起来，调节了特定遭遇与对警察合法性和有效性的一般看法之间的关联。这些命题是使用来自纽约市 451 名黑人和拉丁裔/青少年样本的数据进行评估的。研究结果为以下假设提供了部分支持：对于具有强烈种族/民族认同的青年，更多“强制性”停止和被视为不尊重的停止的有害后果在合法性而非有效性评估中被放大。我们在微观和宏观层面将种族、法律和程序正义联系起来的新兴工作背景下讨论了这些发现。