[lbo-talk] "contacts-between-police-and-public" 2002 Stats

[Leigh Meyers]

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Highlights include the following:

  a.. About 25% of the 45.3 million persons with a face-to-face contact indicated 
the reason for the contact was to report a crime or other problem. 
  b.. In 2002 about 1.3 million residents age 16 or older — 2.9% of the 45.3 million 
persons with contact — were arrested by police. 
  c.. The likelihood of being stopped by police in 2002 did not differ significantly 
between white (8.7%), black (9.1%), and Hispanic (8.6%) drivers. 
  d.. During the traffic stop, police were more likely to carry out some type of search 
on a black (10.2%) or Hispanic (11.4%) than a white (3.5%). 

04/05 NCJ 207845
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ResourceShelf's DocuTicker 

Saturday, April 09, 2005
Contacts between Police and the Public: 
Findings from the 2002 National Survey 
Police--Public Contact

http://www.docuticker.com/2005/04/contacts-between-police-and-public.html
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cpp02.htm

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 
Bureau of Justice Statistics

Contacts between Police and the Public: Findings from the 2002 National Survey
"Presents data on the nature and characteristics of contacts between residents of 
the U.S. and the police over a 12-month period. Findings are provided from a nationally representative survey of nearly 80,000 residents age 16 or older. 

Detailed information is presented on face-to-face contacts with the police, including 
the reason for and outcome of the contact, resident opinion on police behavior during 
the contact, and whether police used or threatened to use force during the contact. 

The report provides demographic characteristics of residents involved in traffic stops 
and use-of-force encounters and discusses the relevance of the survey findings to the issue of racial profiling."

Full Report (PDF; 886 KB) (Other formats available)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cpp02.pdf
posted by Shirl @ 1:46 PM   

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