Racial Profiling and the NYPD : The Who, What, When, and Why of Stop and Frisk

Jay L. Newberry

ISBN 10: 3319580906 / ISBN 13: 9783319580906

Published by Springer, Berlin, Springer International Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book analyzes New York City's stop-and-frisk data both pre- and post-constitutionality ruling, examining the existence of both profiling and unequal treatment among the three largest groups identified in the database: Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics. The purpose for using these two time periods is to determine which group(s)benefitedthe most from the ruling. This research goes beyond standard statistics to identify the place that race holds in contributing to the stop disparities. Specifically, this research will adds a spatial element to the numbers by analyzing the determinants of stop location by race, applying a principal component analysis to a mixture of census and stop-and-frisk data to determine the influence of location on stops by race. The results present a way of determining the plausibility of stops being the product of racial profiling-or just a matter of happenstance.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Racial Profiling and the NYPD : The Who, What, When, and Why of Stop and Frisk
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin, Springer International Publishing, Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319580906
• ISBN 13: 9783319580906
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 153H x 12D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 220 grams

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Synopsis

This book analyzes New York City’s stop-and-frisk data both pre- and post-constitutionality ruling, examining the existence of both profiling and unequal treatment among the three largest groups identified in the database: Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics. The purpose for using these two time periods is to determine which group(s) benefited the most from the ruling. This research goes beyond standard statistics to identify the place that race holds in contributing to the stop disparities. Specifically, this research will adds a spatial element to the numbers by analyzing the determinants of stop location by race, applying a principal component analysis to a mixture of census and stop-and-frisk data to determine the influence of location on stops by race. The results present a way of determining the plausibility of stops being the product of racial profiling–or just a matter of happenstance.

About the Author

Jay L. Newberry is Assistant Professor of Geography at Binghamton University