"No form of government control comes close to the police stop. Each year, 12 percent of drivers in the United States are stopped by the police, and the figure almost doubles for racial minorities. 'Pulled Over' documents these disparities and deftly traces the strange history of the investigatory police stop from its discredited beginning as "aggressive patrolling" to its current status as accepted institutional practice. Drawing on the richest study of police stops to date, the authors show that who is stopped and how they are treated undermine trust in the police and convey powerful…
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University of Chicago Press · 272 pages · 9780226113852
Paperback · English · 2014
University of Chicago Press · 253 pages · 9780226113999
Other · English · 2014
University of Chicago Press · 9780226114040
Traffic violationsPolice, complaints againstRacial profiling in law enforcementPoliceComplaints againstTraffic stops (Law enforcement)Profilage ethniqueInfractions au code de la route
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