A Contextual Study of Racial Profiling: Assessing the Theoretical Rationale for the Study of Racial Profiling at the Local Level

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 943-962

  Parker, Karen F ^a   MacDonald, John M ^a   Alpert, Geoffrey P ^b   Smith, Michael R ^c   Piquero, Alex R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contexual analysis; Racial profiling; Spatial analysis; Urban disadvantage

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142289504     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764203261073     Document Type: Review

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