Racial Influences on the Likelihood of Police Searches and Search Hits: A Longitudinal Analysis from an American Midwestern City

Police Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-257

  Leinfelt, Fredrik H ^a  

^a Moorhead Police Department   (United States)

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EID: 70449383947     PISSN: 0032258X     EISSN: 17405599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/pojo.2006.79.3.238     Document Type: Article

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