Driving while black: Bias processes and racial disparity in police stops

Criminology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 709-738

  Warren, Patricia ^a   Tomaskovic Devey, Donald ^b   Smith, William ^c   Zingraff, Matthew ^c   Mason, Marcinda ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 302 Hecht House ^*

Author keywords

Cognitive bias; Police stops; Racial disparity; Racial profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748307612     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2006.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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