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Opening the Black Box of Officer Decision-Making: An Examination of Race, Criminal History, and Discretionary Searches

Rob TillyerCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 961-985 | Published online: 02 Aug 2012

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Rob Tillyer, Michael R. Smith & Caleb D. Lloyd. (2021) May I Talk to You for a Minute? An Assessment of Street Stops and Officer Decision-Making. Crime & Delinquency 69:9, pages 1758-1784.
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Miltonette O. Craig, Jonathan C. Reid & Kelsey L. Kramer. (2022) Vehicle Stops and Group Position: How Missouri Agencies Use Place and Race to Explain Disparities. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 38:4, pages 411-431.
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Anne McGlynn-Wright, Robert D Crutchfield, Martie L Skinner & Kevin P Haggerty. (2022) The Usual, Racialized, Suspects: The Consequence of Police Contacts with Black and White Youth on Adult Arrest. Social Problems 69:2, pages 299-315.
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Michelle Eliasson. (2021) Experience, Seniority and Gut Feeling—A Qualitative Examination of How Swedish Police Officers Perceive They Value, Evaluate and Manage Knowledge When Making Decisions. Frontiers in Education 6.
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Jillian S. Desmond, Bradford W. Reyns, James Frank, Charles F. Klahm IV & Billy Henson. (2020) Police Productivity and Performance Over the Career Course: A Latent Class Growth Analysis of the First 10 Years of Law Enforcement. Police Quarterly 23:3, pages 333-367.
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Rob Tillyer, Michael Smith & Caleb D. Lloyd. (2019) Another Piece of the Puzzle: The Importance of Officer Characteristics and Group Processes in Understanding Post-stop Outcomes. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 56:5, pages 736-779.
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Roland NeilChristopher Winship. (2019) Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Testing for Racial Discrimination in Policing. Annual Review of Criminology 2:1, pages 73-98.
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Joseph M. McKenna & Shawna R. White. (2017) Examining the Use of Police in Schools: How Roles may Impact Responses to Student Misconduct. American Journal of Criminal Justice 43:3, pages 448-470.
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Joshua Chanin, Megan Welsh & Dana Nurge. (2018) Traffic Enforcement Through the Lens of Race: A Sequential Analysis of Post-Stop Outcomes in San Diego, California. Criminal Justice Policy Review 29:6-7, pages 561-583.
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Anthony G. Vito, Elizabeth L. Grossi & George E. Higgins. (2017) The Issue of Racial Profiling in Traffic Stop Citations. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 33:4, pages 431-450.
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Steven J. Briggs & Kelsey A. Keimig. (2016) The Impact of Police Deployment on Racial Disparities in Discretionary Searches. Race and Justice 7:3, pages 256-275.
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Jeffrey T. Ward, Richard D. Hartley & Rob Tillyer. (2016) Unpacking gender and racial/ethnic biases in the federal sentencing of drug offenders: A causal mediation approach. Journal of Criminal Justice 46, pages 196-206.
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Rob Tillyer & Charles F. KlahmIVIV. (2015) Discretionary Searches, the Impact of Passengers, and the Implications for Police–Minority Encounters. Criminal Justice Review 40:3, pages 378-396.
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