Assessing Racial Profiling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9709890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven N Durlauf (0000-0001-8699-7056, University of Wisconsin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 515 |
| Pages | F402-F426 |
| 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.1468-0297.2006.01129.x |
| OpenAlex | W1969293795 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 23 |
In this article I consider the evaluation of racial profiling in traffic stops from a combination of welfarist and non-welfarist considerations. I argue that benefits from profiling in terms of crime reduction have not been identified and that further, the harm to those who are innocent and stopped is potentially high. I then argue that profiling creates a clear injustice to innocent African Americans. Together, these claims make the assessment of profiling an example of decision making under ambiguity. I resolve the ambiguity with a Fairness Presumption which leads me to reject profiling in traffic stops as a public policy. Copyright 2006 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2006
Ambiguity · Criminology · Economics · Harm · Injustice · Political science · Presumption · Profiling (computer programming · Race (biology · Racial profiling · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Social and Intergroup Psychology
Civil Rights, Employment, and Race
Detecting Bias in Traffic Searches
Do correctional authorities treat all offenders equally? Evaluating the use of a risk assessment instrument
The Effect of Police Oversight on Crime and Misconduct Allegations
Symbolic Representation in Police Traffic Stops
The nature, detection, and avoidance of harmful discrimination in criminal justice
Recent Evidence and Controversies in “The New Policing”
Response to Ridgeway
Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests
Meritocracy and its discontents
Profiling Problems with Partially Identified Structure
Generalising the Hit Rates Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement, with an Application to Vehicle Searches in Wichita
Search Profiling with Partial Knowledge of Deterrence
Crime Minimisation and Racial bias
Complexity, economics, and public policy
A (in)visibilidade da questão racial na formação dos soldados da Polícia Militar
The Economics of Policing and Public Safety
Race, crime, and the law
Liberty
Justice Is Conflict
Two Concepts of Liberty
Utilitarianism and Welfarism
Utilitarianism and Beyond
A pragmatic theory of responsibility for the egalitarian planner
On the Currency of Egalitarian Justice
What We Owe to Each Other
The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal
Racial Bias in Motor Vehicle Searches
Any Non‐welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle
Deindividuation and anger-mediated interracial aggression
Racial Profiling
A threat in the air
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,85 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |