A Research Note on the Situational Contexts of Inter-Ethnic “Stand Your Ground” Incidents
Analysis of 311 Florida’s Stand Your Ground (SYG) cases found no significant differences in SYG defense success in inter-ethnic incidents, a result apparently contradictory to some other SYG research. Any disparities in SYG inter-ethnic situations seem based upon, not racial bias, but such situation...
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| description | Analysis of 311 Florida’s Stand Your Ground (SYG) cases found no significant differences in SYG defense success in inter-ethnic incidents, a result apparently contradictory to some other SYG research. Any disparities in SYG inter-ethnic situations seem based upon, not racial bias, but such situational factors as the nature of pre-incident inter-personal relationships, the incident’s location and trigger, and whether the alleged assailant was armed and/or committing a crime during the incident. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-203ca7e351874acdb4cf4aa50639e07c2025-08-20T03:14:58ZengKennesaw State UniversityJournal of Public and Professional Sociology2154-89352017-01-0191A Research Note on the Situational Contexts of Inter-Ethnic “Stand Your Ground” IncidentsAlbert E. McCormick Jr.0M2 Research and ConsultingAnalysis of 311 Florida’s Stand Your Ground (SYG) cases found no significant differences in SYG defense success in inter-ethnic incidents, a result apparently contradictory to some other SYG research. Any disparities in SYG inter-ethnic situations seem based upon, not racial bias, but such situational factors as the nature of pre-incident inter-personal relationships, the incident’s location and trigger, and whether the alleged assailant was armed and/or committing a crime during the incident.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/jpps/vol9/iss1/6/ |
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| title | A Research Note on the Situational Contexts of Inter-Ethnic “Stand Your Ground” Incidents |
| title_full | A Research Note on the Situational Contexts of Inter-Ethnic “Stand Your Ground” Incidents |
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| title_short | A Research Note on the Situational Contexts of Inter-Ethnic “Stand Your Ground” Incidents |
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