Assessing the effect of race bias in post-traffic stop outcomes using propensity scores

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-29

  Ridgeway, Greg ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Police discretion; Propensity scores; Racial profiling; Traffic stop outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646409849     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-005-9000-9     Document Type: Article

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