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A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States

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ID4615853
AuthorsEmma Pierson (0000-0002-6149-5567, Stanford University), Camelia Simoiu (Stanford University), Jan Overgoor (Stanford University), Sam Corbett-Davie, Sam Corbett‐Davies (Stanford University), Daniel Jenson (Stanford University), Amy Shoemaker (0000-0002-4008-4486, Stanford University), Vignesh Ramachandran (0000-0001-5964-7595), Ramachandran Vignesh (0000-0001-5805-9169, Stanford University), Phoebe Barghouty (Stanford University), Cheryl Phillips (Stanford University), Ravi Shroff (0000-0002-3783-9630, New York University), Sharad Goel (0000-0002-6103-9318, Stanford Medicine)
Year2020
Volume4
Issue7
Pages736-745
Publication date2020-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature Human Behaviour (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2397-3374 • E-ISSN: 2397-3374
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1038/s41562-020-0858-1
PMID32367028
OpenAlexW2705765409
LanguageEN
Citations received176
References cited32

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