...Roderick Leon Pearson Jr Purpose Prior research has documented a robust relationship between race and perceptions of traffic stops (Lundman and Kaufman, 2003; Epp et al., 2014; Flexon et al., 2019). This analysis builds on the existing literature by examining whether...

...Kyle McLean; Justin Nix; Seth W. Stoughton; Ian T. Adams; Geoffrey P. Alpert Purpose This study aims to demonstrate the need for further examination of legal judgments and the exercise of discretion in policing. Design/methodology/approach A factorial vignette survey with traffic stop...

...Yan Zhang; Lening Zhang Purpose The present study assesses the contextual racial effects on police decisions to arrest in traffic stops. Design/methodology/approach A hierarchical logistic regression model is conducted using data collected from the Houston Police Department and US census...

... the representative bureaucracy and minority threat frameworks to assess the impact of the racial/ethnic composition of both police departments and municipalities on disparities in traffic stops. Design/methodology/approach A series of ordinary least squares regression analyses are tested using a sample of more...

...’ decision to make a traffic stop in four jurisdictions with varying levels of serious crime. Ordered logistic regression with robust standard errors was used in the analysis. Findings Analysis of the findings demonstrates that officers who work in higher crime areas are less likely to stop a vehicle...