Purchasing privilege? How status cues affect police suspicion in routine traffic stops
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13038970 |
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| Authors | F R Baumgartner (0000-0003-4193-4152, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author), Colin R Case (0000-0002-8029-2845, University of Iowa), W J Spillman (Georgetown University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 596-613 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics Groups and Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2156-5503 • E-ISSN: 2156-5511 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21565503.2024.2378034 |
| OpenAlex | W4401024448 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
A police officer's decision to search a driver's car during a routine traffic stop is based on many variables and indicates that the officer views the driver with suspicion. In this paper, we ask whether driving a luxury-brand car reduces police suspicion during a traffic stop. We find significant reductions in rates of search for minority drivers of luxury cars, though these benefits fade away as the car grows older. We further explore the interactions between personal identity and vehicle type and find powerful effects associated with whether the vehicle indicates occupational status. Our study is based on more than 10 million traffic stops conducted by the Texas Highway Patrol. These findings add status cues to the long list of factors that appear to influence how police treat drivers during routine traffic stops
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| Highly cited | No |
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