The hit rates test for racial bias in motor-vehicle searches

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-53

  Persico, Nicola ^a   Todd, Petra E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Crime; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549114589     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701717201     Document Type: Article

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