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“The results of this study (Table 2) show that, overall, race is a decisive factor that has an effect on a police officer’s decision to initiate a frisk procedure on the suspect.The analyses show that Black suspects were 1.68 times more likely to be frisked by the police."

Police stop-and-frisk practices: an examination of factors that affect officers’ decisions to initiate a stop-and-frisk police procedure Police stop-and-frisk practices: an examination of factors that affect officers’ decisions to initiate a stop-and-frisk police procedure Table 2: Logistic regression analysis: predicting an officer’s decision to initiate a frisk procedure on the suspect Table 2: Logistic regression analysis: predicting an officer’s decision to initiate a frisk procedure on the suspect
Police Stop-and-Frisk Practices: An Examination of Factors That Affect Officers' Decisions to Initiate a Stop-and-Frisk Police Procedure
International Journal of Police Science & Management
Avdija, Avdi S.
Vol. 16 Issue 1, pp. 26–35. 2014
10.1350/ijps.2014.16.1.325