Pretextual Traffic Stops and Racial Disparities in their Use
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Keywords
pretextual traffic stop; racial bias; law enforcement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2020-06-15 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-TRE-2020-06-15 (Transport Economics)
- NEP-URE-2020-06-15 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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