- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Overview
- Introduction to Part I
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Chapter 1 A Sketch of the Policeman’s Working Personality -
Chapter 2 Driving While Black -
Chapter 3 The Stories, the Statistics, and the Law -
Chapter 4 Legitimacy and Cooperation -
Chapter 5 Race and Policing in Different Ecological Contexts -
Chapter 6 Racially Biased Policing - Introduction to Part II
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Chapter 7 Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing -
Chapter 8 Using Geographic Information Systems to Study Race, Crime, and Policing -
Chapter 9 Beyond Stop Rates -
Chapter 10 State of the Science in Racial Profiling Research - Introduction to Part III
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Chapter 11 Driving While Black -
Chapter 12 Citizens’ Demeanor, Race, and Traffic Stops -
Chapter 13 Street Stops and Broken Windows Revisited -
Chapter 14 Community Characteristics and Police Search Rates -
Chapter 15 Blind Justice -
Chapter 16 Race, Bias, and Police Use of the TASER - Introduction to Part IV
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Chapter 17 Space, Place, and Immigration -
Chapter 18 Revisiting the Role of Latinos and Immigrants in Police Research -
Chapter 19 New Avenues for Profiling and Bias Research -
Chapter 20 Preventing Racially Biased Policing through Internal and External Controls -
Chapter 21 Democratic Policing -
Chapter 22 Moving Beyond Profiling - About the Contributors
- Index
Driving While Black
Driving While Black
A Statistician Proves That Prejudice Still Rules the Road
- Chapter:
- (p.32) Chapter 2 Driving While Black
- Source:
- Race, Ethnicity, and Policing
- Author(s):
John Lamberth
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
This chapter turns to a more specific description of the “symbolic assailant” by exploring John Lamberth's 1993 census of violators on the New Jersey Turnpike. The findings are considered seminal in light of its sizable impact on public perceptions of “driving while Black/Brown” and as one of the earliest efforts to apply research design and statistical analysis to claims of racial profiling by police. To establish a benchmark, or “denominator” (i.e. the number of drivers of a particular race on the turnpike over a period of time), and to gauge driver behavior (i.e. violators vs. nonviolators, by race), Lamberth set up surveys that afforded both metrics: one a static assessment of drivers and race from predetermined observation points, the other being a novel “rolling survey” to assess speeding. The results suggested that blacks were almost five times more likely to be stopped by the police for questioning.
Keywords: symbolic assailant, John Lamberth, census, New Jersey Turnpike, public perception, racial profiling, police, driver behavior, race
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- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Overview
- Introduction to Part I
-
Chapter 1 A Sketch of the Policeman’s Working Personality -
Chapter 2 Driving While Black -
Chapter 3 The Stories, the Statistics, and the Law -
Chapter 4 Legitimacy and Cooperation -
Chapter 5 Race and Policing in Different Ecological Contexts -
Chapter 6 Racially Biased Policing - Introduction to Part II
-
Chapter 7 Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing -
Chapter 8 Using Geographic Information Systems to Study Race, Crime, and Policing -
Chapter 9 Beyond Stop Rates -
Chapter 10 State of the Science in Racial Profiling Research - Introduction to Part III
-
Chapter 11 Driving While Black -
Chapter 12 Citizens’ Demeanor, Race, and Traffic Stops -
Chapter 13 Street Stops and Broken Windows Revisited -
Chapter 14 Community Characteristics and Police Search Rates -
Chapter 15 Blind Justice -
Chapter 16 Race, Bias, and Police Use of the TASER - Introduction to Part IV
-
Chapter 17 Space, Place, and Immigration -
Chapter 18 Revisiting the Role of Latinos and Immigrants in Police Research -
Chapter 19 New Avenues for Profiling and Bias Research -
Chapter 20 Preventing Racially Biased Policing through Internal and External Controls -
Chapter 21 Democratic Policing -
Chapter 22 Moving Beyond Profiling - About the Contributors
- Index
