Searching for equilibrium: The tenuous nature of the outcome test

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-71

  Engel, Robin S ^a   Tillyer, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Outcome test; Police bias; Racial profiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549164031     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701717243     Document Type: Article

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