When whren won't work: The effects of a diminished capacity to initiate a pretextual stop on police officer behavior

Police Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-370

  Withrow, Brian L ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedestrian stops; Pretextual stops; Race based policing; Racial profiling; Walking while Black

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349108754     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611106293681     Document Type: Article

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