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63 Canadian J. Criminology & Crim. Just. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/cjccj63 and id is 1 raw text is: ARTICLE Homegrown Views? Exploring Immigrant and Racialized People's Perceptions of Police in Canada Maria Jung* Assistant Professor Department of Criminology Ryerson University seyunmaria jung@ryerson.ca Carolyn Greene Associate Professor Centre for Social Sciences Athabasca University Jane B. Sprott Professor Department of Criminology Ryerson University Abstract: When compared to studies examining racialized people's perceptions of police in North Ameri- ca, studies of immigrants' views of police are quite rare and they often conflate the views of immigrants with those of racialized people. Yet, we know racialized people are not necessarily immigrants and immigrants are not necessarily racialized. Research that distinguishes immigrant status from racialized status has found important differences based on immigrant vs. native-born status, country of origin, and length of settlement. This research builds on these findings by specifically considering the relative influence of uni- versal and immigrant-specific factors that may shape within-group views of police. Using the 2014 General Social Survey, variations in views of police among South Asians - Canada's largest racialized group - are explored by whether they were born in Canada, immigrated recently, or had long settled within Canada. Our findings suggest that traditional measures - or the universal factors - used to assess perceptions of police may not explain immigrants' views in the same way that they do for native-born individuals, and that immigrants' views of police may be shaped in ways that are, as of yet, unaccounted for in the literature. *Please direct correspondence to Maria Jung, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, Ryerson University; seyunmaria.jung@ryerson.ca © 2021 Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice / Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice penale, 63, I, (January / Janvier), 1-22 doi:10.3138/cjccj.2020-0023

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