Generalising the Hit Rates Test for Racial Bias in Law Enforcement, with an Application to Vehicle Searches in Wichita
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9714258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Persico (0000-0002-2023-1637, University of Pennsylvania), Petra Todd (University of Pennsylvania) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 515 |
| Pages | F351-F367 |
| 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.1468-0297.2006.01126.x |
| OpenAlex | W1964979215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 11 |
This article considers the use of outcomes-based tests for detecting racial bias in the context of police searches of motor vehicles. We characterise the police and motorist decision problems in a game theoretic framework, where police encounter motorists and decide whether to search them and motorists decide whether to carry contraband. Our modelling framework generalises that of Knowles "et al". (2001) . We apply the tests to data on police searches of motor vehicles gathered by the Wichita police department. The empirical findings are consistent with the notion that police in Wichita choose their search strategies to maximise successful searches. Copyright 2006 The Author(s). Journal compilation Royal Economic Society 2006
Enforcement · Law enforcement · Political science · Test (biology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |