Autore
Borooah, Vani K.

Titolo
Racial bias in police stops and search : an economic analysis
Periodico
International Center for Economics Research, Torino. ICER - Working papers series
Anno: 1999 - Fascicolo: 4 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 22

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the nature of racial bias to police stops and searches by providing an economic explanation of why, in spite of the fact that such bias is socially sub-optimal, it is so virulent in England and Wales. The paper draws a distinction between what the police, from the perspective of social welfare, should do and what they actually do. The cleavage between the normative and the positive aspects of police behaviour arises because the police are concerned with their own, organisational, interests and these may be different from those of society. Using Home Office data, the paper offers empirical estimates of the extent to which racial bias in police stops, in 10 Police Areas in England, was socially sub-optimal.



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