Repeat citizens in motor vehicle stops: A black experience

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-63

  Bostaph, Lisa Growette ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic offending; Motor vehicle stops; Racial disparity; Racial profiling; Repeat offending; Traffic stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749139086     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J222v06n01_04     Document Type: Article

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