Phillips, Scott W.

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“The findings here indicate a potential that [police] stereotype those they might encounter on the street. It is difficult … to determine if this finding confirms that respondents are either ‘profiling’ the person described in the vignette or experiencing implicit bias."

“The police tend to concentrate on factors that have little to do with the presence of drugs in a car. Most importantly, the police focus on African American men and Hispanic men despite the fact that white men, and even white women, are more apt to have drugs in the car."