Crime Minimisation and Racial bias
What can we Learn from Police Search Data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9705863 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeff Dominitz (RAND Corporation and Carnegie Mellon University), John Knowles (0000-0003-3242-2737, University of Pennsylvania) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 515 |
| Pages | F368-F384 |
| Publication date | 2006-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01127.x |
| OpenAlex | W2048656557 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 6 |
Is variation by motorist race in the success rate of searches informative about racial bias if police are motivated by crime minimisation rather than success-rate maximisation? We show that the basic idea of extracting information from 'hit rates' may still be valid, provided one can verify some simple restrictions on the joint distribution of criminality by race. We also extend these results to the case where the police minimise the rate of unpunished crime. Copyright 2006 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2006
Computer security · Criminology · Joint probability distribution · Minimisation (clinical trials · Race (biology · Racial profiling · Sociology · Statistics · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Mathematics
Detecting Bias in Traffic Searches
Do correctional authorities treat all offenders equally? Evaluating the use of a risk assessment instrument
Racial Profiling as Collective Definition
Racial Bias in Policing
The nature, detection, and avoidance of harmful discrimination in criminal justice
Reconsidering Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches
Generalising the Hit Rates Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement, with an Application to Vehicle Searches in Wichita
A (in)visibilidade da questão racial na formação dos soldados da Polícia Militar
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |