An Economic Analysis of Black-White Disparities in NYPD's Stop and Frisk Program

We analyze data on NYPD's "stop and frisk program" in an effort to identify racial bias on the part of the police officers making the stops. We find that the officers are not biased against African Americans relative to whites, because the latter are being stopped despite being a "less productive stop" for a police officer.

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Year of publication:	2013-02
Authors:	Persico, Nicola ; Coviello, Decio
Institutions:	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	NBER Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	LE The price is Paper copy available by mail Number 18803
Classification:	K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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