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Racial profiling is often regarded as one of the most important issues facing contemporary law enforcement practices. This study examined contact data, concerning racial data, obtained through selective and non-selective traffic enforcement in an urban setting in North Texas. The underlying principle is that during selective traffic enforcement operations, police officers may exercise less discretion than in non-selective settings. Data analyzed were for a one-year period from January through December, 2003, using a cross-sectional comparative study. Officers of a large, urban police department situated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area collected the data in compliance with a Texas law prohibiting racial profiling, which was passed in 2001 and took affect in 2002. Traffic citations issued as a result of traffic stops from selective and non-selective traffic enforcement operations were compared by race and ethnicity of the drivers stopped. Selective traffic enforcement is a police operation conducted specifically to apprehend, by use of radar equipment, and issue citations to drivers who exceed posted speed limits. Because tickets are issued for deterrent effect, little or

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Author

John Richard Price

Publisher

University of Texas

Published

2004

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law