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53 Canadian J. Criminology & Crim. Just. 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/cjccj53 and id is 1 raw text is: Visible Minorities and Confidence in the Policel Liqun Cao Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Il existe peu d'etudes sur la perception publique differentielle de la force policiere au Canada. En se basant sur l'Enquite sociale generale de 2004 au Canada, on examine dans l'article l'impact de l'appartenance a une minorite visible sur la confiance des citoyens dans la force policidre. En harmonie avec les predictions thdoriques, les resultats d'analyses multidimensionnelles montrent que le niveau de confiance des membres des minorits visibles etait inferieur a celui des non-membres mime apres le contrdle des variables liees aux effets de perceptions, aux contextes communautaires et a la criminalit. Cet effet minime, mais constant, des minorites visibles souleve des questions sur les relations raciales au Canada. D'autres facteurs importants et intres- sants qui contribuent a prevoir la confiance accorde a la force policiere sont le contexte communautaire, les perceptions et les experiences liees a la criminalit. Les resultats indiquent que tout le monde n'a pas la mime confiance dans les forces policieres; des mesures de reforme sont necessaires pour que les forces policieres arrivent a gagner le cour et la confiance des minoritis visibles au Canada. Mots cles : confiance dans la force policiere, minorits visibles, relations raciales au Canada Few studies have been conducted about differential public perceptions of the police in Canada. Based on the 2004 General Social Survey of Canada, this article examines the impact of belonging to the category visible minorities on citizens' confidence in the police. Consistent with the theoretical prediction, results of multivariate analyses show that members of visible minorities had lower levels of confidence than non-members of visible minorities, even after the effects of perceptions, community contexts, and crime-related variables were controlled for. The small but persistent effect of visible minorities raises questions about race relations in Canada. Other interesting significant predictors of confidence in the police are community context, perceptions, and crime experiences. The findings indicate that equal racial confidence in the police is yet to be achieved and continued reform measures are needed if the police force is to win the hearts and minds of visible minorities in Canada. Keywords: confidence in the police, visible minorities, racial relations in Canada C 2011 CJCCIRCCJP doi:10.31381cjccj.53.1.1

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