Traffic stops in the pacific northwest: Competing hypotheses about racial disparity

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-22

  Greenleaf, Richard G ^a   Skogan, Wesley G ^b   Lurigio, Arthur J ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Citations; Race disparity; Traffic stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749124359     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v06n01_02     Document Type: Article

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