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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Crime Delinq. 2022 Dec 14;70(6-7):1567–1591. doi: 10.1177/00111287221131496

Table 1.

Summary Statistics.

Total sample Ever ADC Never ADC
Variable Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD p-Value SD
Law enforcement personnel (per 1k)
 Total 2.991 2.897 3.015 2.828 2.985 2.912 .437 0.007
 Officers 2.104 1.673 2.195 2.230 2.084 1.523 .000 0.041
 Civilians 0.923 2.002 0.847 0.880 0.940 2.172 .000 −0.040
Possessions (per 1,000 population)
 Total 4.131 4.684 4.641 5.199 4.019 4.556 .000 0.090
 Black 0.867 1.673 0.866 1.443 0.867 1.719 .964 0.000
 White 3.205 3.905 3.701 4.609 3.096 3.724 .000 0.102
Possessions (per 1,000 officers)
 Total 2,297 3,823 2,472 2,596 2,259 4,044 .000 0.044
 Black 408 773 390 554 412 813 .031 −0.022
 White 1,858 3,428 2,038 2,379 1,818.121 3,617 .000 0.051
Socio-economic
 Population 88,071 263,272 170,817 494,292 69,925 170,614 .000 0.193
 Pop Density 197.614 690.199 257.925 764.892 184.389 672.001 .000 0.072
 % Age 15–24 13.815 3.768 14.376 3.954 13.691 3.714 .000 0.126
 % Male 49.546 1.745 49.487 1.481 49.559 1.798 .001 −0.031
 % Black 8.756 12.573 7.841 10.761 8.957 12.928 .000 −0.066
 % White 88.029 13.355 87.646 11.966 88.113 13.640 .007 −0.026
 Unemployment 6.107 2.750 6.024 2.583 6.126 2.785 .004 −0.027
 % Rep. pres. votes 53.785 13.793 53.407 12.795 53.867 14.001 .010 −0.024
 % Dem. pres. votes 41.344 12.568 42.623 11.870 41.063 12.699 .000 0.090