How Roadway Composition Matters in Analyzing Police Data on Racial Profiling

Police Quarterly

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 306-333

  Meehan, Albert J ^a   Ponder, Michael ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993741979     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109861102129198174     Document Type: Article

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