Anna Fox

What an amazing map!! I would also add Cadinho, at 35th and Archer, to the list -- it's got some incredible egg custard tarts & is a solid place to post up and get some work done :)

Thank you!

Anti-Black and Blue: Neighborhood Identity and Local Racial Ideologies in Chicago’s Police Neighborhoods Abstract. This article explores the relationship between the places police live and their local racial dynamics. Using geospatial data to estimate where Ch

Proud to see Anna Fox’s paper on the dynamics of police neighborhoods out in social problems. It makes use of a clever research design to identify police neighborhoods in Chicago. Check it out: academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...

I'm incredibly proud of this paper and can't wait for people to read it! Feel free to email/DM for a PDF :)

At the same time, Black police officers were excluded from this police identity, steering clear of these neighborhoods. This tells us more abt the relationship between police identity and anti-Black racism.

that these neighborhoods take on a police identity that allow ANY neighborhood resident to ID as "police," regardless of occupation – as long as they weren't Black. This police identity was articulated thru instances of anti-Black racism: here, being "blue" means being anti-Black

These neighborhoods have two major things in common: they have coherent "police neighborhood" identities and very few Black residents. What does the neighborhood ID have to do with racial ideologies? Using interviews w/ members of 60 police households, I show...

In it, I use interview and geospatial data to illustrate where police live & why that matters. I show that police live in enclaves on the outskirts of the city.

I'm so happy to share that "Anti-Black and Blue: Neighborhood Identity and Local Racial Ideologies in Chicago's Police Neighborhoods" is out now! doi.org/10.1093/socp...