...-White population in the tract where the traffic stop took place. This information was gathered from the 2020 US Census Bureau’s data. Racial profiling Racial disparities Traffic law enforcement Rural/urban police Earlier studies on racial profiling have indicated that police...

..., the findings show that the use of VOD allows for the performance of more rigorous analyses of traffic stop data – giving police departments a better way to examine if racial profiling is evident. Originality/value This is the first study (to the researchers' knowledge) that applies the statistical analyses...

... testing to better examine the issue of racial profiling through the use of a race-specific model. Design/methodology/approach The data for this study come from traffic stops conducted by the Louisville Police Department between January 1 and December 31, 2002. Findings The results show...

...Anthony Gennaro Vito; Elizabeth L. Grossi; George E. Higgins Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the issue of racial profiling when the traffic stop outcome is a search using focal concerns theory as a theoretical explanation for police officer decision making and propensity score...

... ; Stoutland, 2001 ; Sunshine and Tyler, 2003), support the institution (Tyler and Wakslak, 2004 ; Sunshine and Tyler, 2003), and even obey the law (Paternoster et al., 1997 ; Stoutland, 2001 ; Sunshine and Tyler, 2003 ; Tyler, 1990 ; Tyler and Huo, 2002). Racial profiling, or the use of race...