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Ridgeway, G. (2009). Cincinnati Police Department traffic stops applying RAND’s framework to analyze racial disparities. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, Center on Quality Policing.
Cincinnatti., discrimination in law enforcement, Ohio, police, Race discrimination, Racial profiling in law enforcement, Traffic Violations
In 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) joined with other agencies and organizations to improve police-community relations in the city.…
Read moreRojek, J., Rosenfeld, R., & Decker, S. (2004). The influence of driver’s race on traffic stops in Missouri. Police Quarterly, 7(1), 126-147.
policing, population weighting, racial profiling, traffic stops
A small but growing body of research has produced several consistent findings regarding race and ethnic differences in traffic stops,…
Read moreRosenfeld, R., Rojek, J., & Decker, S. (2012). Age matters: Race differences in police searches of young and older male drivers. Journal of research in crime and delinquency, 49(1), 31-55.
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Prior research on police searches of motorists has consistently found that Black drivers are more likely to be searched than…
Read moreRosenfeld, R., & Fornango, R. (2014). The impact of police stops on precinct robbery and burglary rates in New York City, 2003-2010. Justice Quarterly, 31(1), 96-122.
crime rates, police stops
New York City experienced a dramatic reduction in crime during the 1990s and continuing through the first decade of the…
Read morePetrocelli, Piquero, & Smith. (2003). Conflict theory and racial profiling: An empirical analysis of police traffic stop data. Journal of Criminal Justice, 31(1), 1-11.
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Using data collected by the Richmond, Virginia Police Department, this article applies conflict theory to police traffic stop practices. In…
Read moreRenauer, B. C. (2012). Neighborhood variation in police stops and searches: A test of consensus and conflict perspectives. Police quarterly, 15(3), 219-240.
conflict theory, racial profiling, racial threat, social conditioning
This study examines consensus and conflict approaches to explaining police stop and search rates in 94 neighborhoods. Police deployment, racial…
Read moreNorris, C., Fielding, N., Kemp, C., & Fielding, J. (1992). Black and blue: An analysis of the influence of race on being stopped by the police. British Journal of Sociology, 207-224.
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This article addresses the debate over the disproportionate representation of black people in the criminal justice system, with particular reference…
Read moreNovich, M., & Hunt, G. (2017). “Get off me”: Perceptions of disrespectful police behaviour among ethnic minority youth gang members. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 24(3), 248-255. doi:10.1080/09687637.2016.1239697
drug-dealing gang members, police abuse of force, police interactions, procedural justice, Gangs, police
Recent media accounts have highlighted issues of use and abuse of police force and policing practices targeted at ethnic minorities…
Read moreO’Reilly, J. (2002). Police Traffic Stops and Racial Profiling Resolving Management, Labor and Civil Rights Conflicts. Springfield: Charles C Thomas.
discrimination in law enforcement, Racial profiling in law enforcement, Traffic Violations
This text examines the numbers, the advocacy arguments and the practical realities of the'racial profiling'controversy. By applying law, logic, electoral…
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