Assessing Police Stops of Pedestrians: Toward a New Generation of Benchmarks

Autor:	Michael R. Smith, Mitchell Smith, Caleb D. Lloyd, Rob Tillyer
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Urban Studies Transport engineering Sociology and Political Science Political science 05 social sciences 050501 criminology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Pedestrian Benchmarking 050104 developmental & child psychology 0505 law
Zdroj:	Urban Affairs Review. 58:1152-1181
ISSN:	1552-8332 1078-0874
DOI:	10.1177/10780874211016930
Popis:	This paper extends the stop and frisk literature from New York City by examining pedestrian stops made by San Jose, California, police officers from January 2013 through March 2016 with a particular focus on benchmarking. Using violent crime suspects and nuisance-related calls for service (CFS) as comparators, we consider whether San Jose Police Department (SJPD) officers disproportionately stopped individuals from the city’s dominant racial and ethnic groups citywide and in certain police beats with high levels of nuisance calls. Using violent crime suspects citywide as a benchmark, Whites were significantly overrepresented among those stopped by the police while Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks were underrepresented. The CFS findings at the beat level were consistent with the citywide findings for Blacks but reversed direction for Hispanics and varied for Asians depending upon beat and call type. We discuss possible reasons for this divergence across benchmarks and racial/ethnic groups and consider the implications for future research.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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