Suspect citizens: what 20 million traffic stops tell us about policing and race

"Suspect Citizens offers the most comprehensive look to date at the most common form of police-citizen interactions, the routine traffic stop. Throughout the war on crime, police agencies have used traffic stops to search drivers suspected of carrying contraband. From the beginning, police agen...

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Main Author: Baumgartner, Frank R. (Author)
Contributors: Epp, Derek A. ; Shoub, Kelsey
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia New Delhi, India Singapure Cambridge University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Online Access: Table of Contents
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 9731
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Keywords:
Discrimination in law enforcement > United States
Racial profiling in law enforcement > United States
USA > Strafjustiz > Täterprofil > Rassendiskriminierung
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: 103046264X
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Summary:"Suspect Citizens offers the most comprehensive look to date at the most common form of police-citizen interactions, the routine traffic stop. Throughout the war on crime, police agencies have used traffic stops to search drivers suspected of carrying contraband. From the beginning, police agencies made it clear that very large numbers of police stops would have to occur before an officer might interdict a significant drug shipment. Unstated in that calculation was that many Americans would be subjected to police investigations so that a small number of high-level offenders might be found. The key element in this strategy, which kept it hidden from widespread public scrutiny, was that middle-class white Americans were largely exempt from its consequences. Tracking these police practices down to the officer level, Suspect Citizens documents the extreme rarity of drug busts and reveals sustained and troubling disparities in how racial groups are treated"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 259-271. - Sachregister: 273-277
Physical Description:xv, 277 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:9781108429313
9781108454049