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Revision as of 15:02, August 27, 2013
, 15:02, August 27, 2013→Proportionality dispute: investigators have argued that with race-neutral policing the race distribution of police stops should match that of the residential population in the city, or the race o
Supporters of the policy cite statistics like the following, which suggest instead that blacks are being stopped significantly less often than their crime rate warrants:
Supporters of the policy cite statistics like the following, which suggest instead that blacks are being stopped significantly less often than their crime rate warrants:
:"... the National Institute for Justice (the Department of Justice’s research arm) ... concluded that 'black pedestrians were stopped at a rate that is 20 to 30 percent lower than their representation in crime-suspect descriptions.'"<ref name=wonk-matthews />
:"... the National Institute for Justice (the Department of Justice’s research arm) ... concluded that 'black pedestrians were stopped at a rate that is 20 to 30 percent lower than their representation in crime-suspect descriptions.'"<ref name=wonk-matthews />
[[RAND]] said,
:Over the years, researchers have proposed a range of standards against which to compare the race distribution of police stops. For instance, investigators have argued that with race-neutral policing the race distribution of police stops should match that of the residential population in the city, or the race of arrestees, or that of crime suspects. [http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR534.html#qa]
==Notes==
==Notes==