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Novak, Kenneth J.; Chamlin, Mitchell B. – Crime & Delinquency, 2012
Racial bias in traffic enforcement has become a popular line of inquiry, but examinations into explanations for the disparity have been scant. The current research integrates theoretical insights from the racial threat hypothesis with inferences drawn from the empirical analyses of the factors that stimulate officer suspicion. The most intriguing…
Descriptors: Race, Cues, Social Control, Racial Composition