Race, ethnicity, and law enforcement profiling : implications for public policy
By: WARD, James D
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, nov./dec.2002Public Administration Review: PAR 62, 6, p. 726-735Abstract: The proposed Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 2001 - Title II of Senate Bill 19 of the 107th Congress-was the third consecutives legislative proposal aimed at addressing the perceived problems of racial profiling and police abuse in the detention of minority motorists for allegedly unjustifiable reasons. The measure followed Senate Bill 821 from the 106th Congress and House Bill 118 from the 105th Congress. This study looks at the purpose of these bills, explores the reasons supporters believe that federal policy mandating law enforcement agencies to collect racial data on motorists stopped and detained is needed, and examines a number of public policy questions that a Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act might raise
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The proposed Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act of 2001 - Title II of Senate Bill 19 of the 107th Congress-was the third consecutives legislative proposal aimed at addressing the perceived problems of racial profiling and police abuse in the detention of minority motorists for allegedly unjustifiable reasons. The measure followed Senate Bill 821 from the 106th Congress and House Bill 118 from the 105th Congress. This study looks at the purpose of these bills, explores the reasons supporters believe that federal policy mandating law enforcement agencies to collect racial data on motorists stopped and detained is needed, and examines a number of public policy questions that a Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act might raise
Public Administration Review PAR
November/December 2002 Volume 62 Number 6
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