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Stop, Question and Frisk in New York Neighborhoods

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Published: July 11, 2010--NY Times Stop, Question and Frisk in New York Neighborhoods New York City?s police force, in its fight against crime, has increasingly used a strategy known as ?stop, question and frisk,? which allows officers to stop someone based on a reasonable suspicion of crime. One expert has estimated New Yorkers are stopped at twice the national rate. The impact on crime is much debated, and critics contend disproportionate stopping of minorities is a result of racial profiling, which police officials dispute. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/11/nyregion/20100711-stop-and-frisk.html?ref=nyregion and ....http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/12/nyregion/12frisk.html?_r=1 "A Few Blocks, 4 Years, 52,000 Police Stops"

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).