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Relevant topics:Law  Enforcement -�  State and local law enforcementCharacteristics  of Drivers Stopped by Police, 1999
Provides  data on the nature and characteristics of traffic stops, as collected in the  1999 Police-Public Contact Survey. Tables present detailed demographic  characteristics of the 19.3 million drivers stopped by police in 1999.  Drivers stopped one time over a 12-month period and drivers stopped two or  more times are compared across categories of gender, age, and race/ethnicity.  The report also examines driver responses regarding the traffic stop,  speeding, searches conducted by police, arrest, and use of force. 
Highlights  include the following:- Males (70.3%) stopped for speeding were more likely       to be ticketed than females (66.5%).Approximately 422,000 persons age 16 or older said       the police used or threatened to use force against them at least once       during 1999.In 1999, 6.6% of traffic stops involved a search of       the driver, the vehicle, or both.
03/02 NCJ 191548 
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