Decision Making in Traffic Stop Encounters: A Multivariate Analysis of Police Behavior

Police Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 184-209

  Schafer, Joseph A ^a   Wells, William M ^a   Carter, David L ^b   Katz Bannister, Andra J ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; police behavior; police discretion; profiling; traffic enforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990317004     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611104264990     Document Type: Article

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