Police stops, pretext, and racial profiling: Explaining warning and ticket stops using citizen self-reports

Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-149

  Miller, Kirk ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Police organization; Pretext; Race; Self reports; Traffic stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749173853     PISSN: 15377938     EISSN: 15377946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377930802096496     Document Type: Article

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