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The Origins of New Yorks Stop-and-Frisk: Police, Race, and Civil Rights Activism, 1957-1968

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This dissertation examines the origins and social impact of New York stop-and-frisk law, which authorizes police to stop, question and frisk people without a warrant or probable cause to believe crime was committed. Several observers associate it with a recent history of racial profiling, or conservative policing practices of 1990s...

Keyword:

Race, Black struggles, Prison, Police, Crime, and Civil Rights

Subject:

African-American Studies

Creator:

DWAYNE Adula NASH

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

10/08/2019

Date Modified:

11/20/2019

Date Created:

2018-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation