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Pulled Over How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship

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ISBN-10: 022611399X

ISBN-13: 9780226113999

Edition: 2014

Authors: Charles R. Epp, Steven Maynard-Moody, Donald P. Haider-Markel

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In sheer numbers, no form of government control comes close to the police stop. Each year, twelve percent of drivers in the United States are stopped by the police, and the figure is almost double among racial minorities. Police stops are among the most recognizable and frequently criticized incidences of racial profiling, but, while numerous studies have shown that minorities are pulled over at higher rates, none have examined how police stops have come to be both encouraged and institutionalized.Pulled Over deftly traces the strange history of the investigatory police stop, from its discredited beginning as “aggressive patrolling” to its current status as accepted institutional practice.…    
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Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Charles R. Epp is professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas. He is the author of several books.

Steven Maynard-Moody is professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at the University of Kansas, where he is also director of the Institute for Policy and Social Research.