TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Vehicle stops and group position: how Missouri agencies use place and race to explain disparities
JO  - Journal of contemporary criminal justice
A1  - Craig, Miltonette O.
A1  - Reid, Jonathan C.
A1  - Kramer, Kelsey L.
SP  - 411
EP  - 431
VL  - 38
IS  - 4
N2  - Missouri has been a part of the national discussion on racial profiling for several years--most recently with the NAACP's issuance of a statewide travel advisory warning Black motorists of high disproportionality in vehicle stops. In their annual reports of stop data, agencies can submit a response to explain their numerical data. This study inductively analyzes the content of these written responses (N = 806), which were submitted between 2001 and 2019. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate that agency responses contain rationales in accordance with a sense of group position, with explanations for stops, searches, and arrests of motorists of color framed in terms of outsiders as a problematic influx upon insider spaces. The responses also show that the explanations are more about policing place than a legitimate effort at maintaining safety of the jurisdiction. The results of this study have several important implications for research, theory, and policy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1043-9862
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10439862221110996
ID  - ref1
ER  -