Analysis of racial disparities in the New York Police Department's stop, question, and frisk practices
By: Greg Ridgeway
Contributors: Rand Safety and Justice (Program); New York City Police Foundation
Series: Technical report; Technical report (Rand Corporation)
Publisher: RAND Safety and Justice
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Racial profiling in law enforcement; Discrimination in law enforcement; Traffic violations; New York (N.Y.). Police Department; New York (N.Y.).
Other titles: Pre-publication copy
Description: 89% of pedestrian stops by the New York Police Department involve non-white persons. The Dept. asked that a study be conducted by the RAND Center on Quality Policing (CQP) to help the New York City Police Department understand the issue of the predominance of pedestrian stops and identify recommendations for addressing potential problems.
Notes: Title from title screen (viewed on November 28, 2007).

'Supported by the New York City Police Foundation."

"The research ... was conducted under the auspices of the Center on Quality Policing (CQP), part of the Safety and Justice Program within RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment (ISE)." -- Verso of t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59).

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Figures; title: Tables; title: Summary; title: Acknowledgments; title: Abbreviations; title: Introduction : Review of the New York City Police Department's stop, question, and frisk policy and practices; title: Description of the 2006 stop, question, and frisk data; title: External benchmarking for the decision to stop; title: Internal benchmarking for the decision to stop; title: Analysis of post-stop outcomes; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: Appendixes; title: Refeferences.