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“Our results strongly suggest that officers are more likely to conduct a search if the race of the motorist differs from the race of the officer… Preference-based discrimination plays a substantial role in explaining differences in…[searches of] different racial groups."
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A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence From the Boston Police Department
Review of Economics and Statistics
Vol. 91 Issue 1, pp. 163–177,
2009
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