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Title
Examining the potential for racial/ethnic disparities in use of force during NYPD stop and frisk activities
Description
Since the 1990s, stop and frisk activities have been a cornerstone of the New York Police Department (NYPD). The manner in which the NYPD has carried out stop, question, and frisks (SQFs), however, has been a focal point of discussion, resulting in public outrage and two major lawsuits. Recently, the Federal District Court Judge ruled that the NYPD was engaging in unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices that targeted predominately Black and Latino New Yorkers. Questions surrounding the NYPD’s SQF practices have almost exclusively focused on racial and ethnic disproportionality in the rate of stops without necessarily considering what transpired during the stop. This study will fill that void by examining the prevalence and nature of use of force during those stops, along with testing the minority threat hypothesis. By combining micro-level measures from the NYPD’s 2012 “Stop, Question, and Frisk” database with macro-level variables collected from the United States Census Bureau, the current study examines police use of force in the context of SQF activities. The results should help judges, policy makers, police officers, and scholars understand the nature of police use of force in the context of SQFs.
Date Created
2015
Contributors
- Morrow, Weston (Author)
- White, Michael D. (Thesis advisor)
- Wallace, Danielle M (Committee member)
- Wang, Xia (Committee member)
- Fradella, Henry F. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
- criminology
- NYPD
- Police use of force
- Race and ethnicity
- Stop
- question
- and frisk
- Stop and frisk (Law enforcement)--New York (State)--New York.
- Stop and frisk (Law enforcement)
- Racial profiling in law enforcement--New York (State)--New York.
- Racial profiling in law enforcement
- Discrimination in law enforcement--New York (State)--New York.
- Discrimination in law enforcement
- Police--New York (State)--New York--Attitudes.
- Police
Resource Type
Extent
x, 192 pages : illustrations (some color)
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.34765
Statement of Responsibility
by Weston Morrow
Description Source
Viewed on July 14, 2020
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2015
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-182)
Field of study: Criminology
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- 2021-08-30 01:27:57
- 3 years 2 months ago
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