A geographic approach to racial profiling: The Microanalysis and Macroanalysis of racial disparity in traffic stops

Police Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-169

  Roh, Sunghoon ^a   Robinson, Matthew ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot spot; Problem oriented policing; Race; Racial profiling; Traffic stops

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249111290     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611109332422     Document Type: Article

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