Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

Multilevel Model of Racial Disparity in Traffic Enforcement

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dc.contributor Donald Tomaskovic-Devey, Committee Co-Chair
dc.contributor Patricia L. McCall, Committee Member
dc.contributor William R. Smith, Committee Member
dc.contributor Matthew T. Zingraff, Committee Co-Chair
dc.creator Mason, Helen Marcinda
dc.date 2010-04-02T19:17:09Z
dc.date 2010-04-02T19:17:09Z
dc.date 2003-11-14
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-28T17:07:36Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-28T17:07:36Z
dc.identifier etd-11072002-170144
dc.identifier http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/5650
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/265557
dc.description Individual officer characteristics, attributes of the organization, and the racial threat thesis are all explored as possible contributors to the racial distribution of citations. Using Hierarchal Linear Modeling (HLM), the findings of the analyses suggest that less experienced officers and those officers working in patrol districts where members are more highly trained issue more African American citations than more experienced officers and officers working in patrol districts where members are less trained. The findings also indicate that the effect of length of service on the outcome measure varies by the officer's race. The racial threat analyses suggest that there is racial disparity in the issuance of citations and that the extent of the disparity steadily increases as the representation of African Americans in the driving population increases. The implications of this dissertation's findings for future research on the racial distribution of traffic enforcement outcomes are discussed.
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dc.subject racial profiling
dc.subject traffic enforcement
dc.subject policing
dc.subject state law enforcement
dc.subject DWB
dc.subject driving while black
dc.subject
dc.title Multilevel Model of Racial Disparity in Traffic Enforcement


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