Prejudice in Police Profiling: Assessing an Overlooked Aspect in Prior Research

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 896-909

  Wilson, George ^a   Dunham, Roger ^a   Alpert, Geoffrey ^b  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Police; Prejudice; Race; Racial profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142277370     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764203261069     Document Type: Review

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