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The End Of Intuition-Based High-Crime Areas, Ben Grunwald, Jeffrey Fagan
The End Of Intuition-Based High-Crime Areas, Ben Grunwald, Jeffrey Fagan
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In 2000, the Supreme Court held in Illinois v. Wardlow that a suspect’s presence in a “high-crime area” is relevant in determining whether an officer has reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigative stop. Despite the importance of the decision, the Court provided no guidance about what that standard means, and over fifteen years later, we still have no idea how police officers understand and apply it in practice. This Article conducts the first empirical analysis of Wardlow by examining data on over two million investigative stops conducted by the New York Police Department from 2007 to 2012.
Our results suggest …