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Minority police officers “are less lenient. One plausible explanation for this is that these minority segments … feel the need to prove themselves to the largest (and culturally and administratively dominant) group in the police force, namely the white-male officers."

Detecting Racial Bias in Speed Discounting: Evidence From Speeding Tickets in Boston

International Review of Law and Economics

Anbarci, Nejat / Lee, Jungmin

Vol. 38, pp. 11–24, 2014

10.1016/j.irle.2014.02.002

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