Drug Profiling in Louisiana: Ten Years Later

International Journal of Police Science and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-237

  Bowling, Terri L ^a   Ruiz, Jim ^b   Staub, Megan ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

drug trafficking; profiling; racial profiling; traffic stops; war on drugs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951982423     PISSN: 14613557     EISSN: 14781603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2008.10.2.76     Document Type: Article

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