Now You See Me, Now You Don't: The Geography of Police Stops

Jesse Kalinowski, Matthew Ross and Stephen Ross
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Jesse Kalinowski: Quinnipiac University

No 2018-094, Working Papers from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

Abstract: This paper uses state police stop data in Texas to assess patrol activity. We find that both the types of stops and the allocation of resources over space change in darkness relative to daylight, and that the changes in stop type and manpower allocation are correlated within police officers. We also find that the counties receiving more police resources in darkness have a higher share of minority residents. Veil of Darkness (VOD) tests of racial discrimination in traffic stops require that the distribution of motorists be independent of darkness, which is unlikely to be the case without detailed geographic controls.

Keywords: police; traffic stops; patrol locations; veil of darkness; racial profiling; racial discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H11 J15 K14 K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12
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