Police stops and naïve denominators
Abstract A comparison of the racial composition of police stops to the entire population of a city or jurisdiction is frequently cited as evidence of racial bias in proactive policework. This article argues that using base population is naïve to the realities of the distribution of crime and policin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2025-07-01
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| Series: | Crime Science |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-025-00252-y |
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