RT Article
T1 The Issue of Racial Profiling in Traffic Stop Citations
JF Journal of contemporary criminal justice
VO 33
IS 4
SP 431
OP 450
A1 Vito, Anthony Gennaro 1987-
A2 Grossi, Elizabeth L.
A2 Higgins, George E.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/173902396X
AB This study addresses racial profiling when the traffic stop outcome is a citation. This study uses focal concerns theory as a theoretical explanation for police officer decision-making while using propensity score matching to provide similarly situated drivers based on race and/or gender. This study uses traffic stop data (N = 48,586) collected by the Louisville Police Department between January 1 and December 31, 2002. The statistical results show that focal concerns theory components matter the most for traffic stop data even though racial profiling is still an issue. Propensity score matching is a statistical technique that provides a better way to determine whether racial profiling was evident. Gender was not significant for female drivers. This study advances our understanding of race and traffic stop citations using a theoretical explanation.
K1 Racial profiling
K1 Citations
K1 Focal concerns theory
K1 Propensity score matching
DO 10.1177/1043986217724537