Are College-Educated Police Officers Different? A Study of Stops, Searches, and Arrests

A study of more than 60,000 police traffic stops found that college-educated officers were more likely than other officers to stop drivers for less serious violations, perform consent searches, and make arrests on discretionary grounds. These results are consistent with those of prior research indic...

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Main Author: Rosenfeld, Richard (Author)
Contributors: Johnson, Thaddeus ; Wright, Richard
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2020, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 206-236
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Keywords:
Arrests
college-educated officers
Policing
searches

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