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“Our findings indicated a consistent and statistically significant phenomenon that privileges light-skinned adolescents in their encounters with the police. Light-skinned teens were significantly less likely to be stopped by the police than other teens."

Race, Skin Tone, and Police Contact Among Contemporary Teens

working paper

Geller, Amanda / Monk, Ellis

28 March 2019

https://ideas.repec.org/p/pri/crcwel/wp19-07-ff.html

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