An analysis of police traffic stops and searches in Kentucky: A mixed methods approach offering heuristic and practical implications

Policy Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-243

  Williams, Brian N ^a   Stahl, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias based policing; Police community relations; Racial profiling; Traffic stops

Indexed keywords

HEURISTICS; PERCEPTION; POLICE FORCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52049104432     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-008-9065-z     Document Type: Article

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