Heat on the street: exploring the role of heat and racial biases on traffic stops by police in California

• Main Authors: Tan, Bin Qian, Tay, Jared Min Wai, Teng, Ting
• Other Authors: Tang Cheng Keat
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/166316
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Police officers typically work under physically demanding, time-sensitive and stressful conditions, while making discretionary decisions that potentially have substantial consequences. One possible arena whereby police officers exercise their own discretion on a daily basis is in traffic stops. Our...