New statistical test that shows racial profiling in police traffic stops
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 15:31
in Mathematics & Economics
By analyzing data from 4.5 million traffic stops in 100 North Carolina cities, Stanford researchers have found that police in that state are more likely to search black and Hispanic motorists, using a lower threshold of suspicion, than when they stop white or Asian drivers. The empirical study found that while blacks and Hispanics are […]