The influence of race/ethnicity on the perceived prevalence and support for racial profiling at airports

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-358

  Gabbidon, Shaun L ^a   Penn, Everette B ^b   Jordan, Kareem L ^c   Higgins, George E ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airports; Homeland security; Public opinion; Race ethnicity; Racial profiling; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449470350     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403408327384     Document Type: Article

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