CRJ 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Frisking
16 Oct 2017
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Historical perspective: police power to stop suspicious persons dates back for centuries- english constables could stop and question nightwalker , practice bought to the colonies, due-process considerations were applied to the stop in the mid 20th century. The stop, question, and frisk policy has generated much consternation on the wisdom and legality of these procedures. A weapon was found in 1. 5% of those frisks. Arrests: 6% of all 4. 4 million stops resulted in an arrest, 6% resulted in summons (ticket) being issued, the remaining 88% resulted in no further action being taken/needed. Weapons seized: weapons were seized in 1% of the stops of blacks, 1. 1% of the stops of hispanics, 1. 4% of the stops of whites. Contraband seized: contraband other than weapons were seized in 1. 8% of the stops of blacks, 1. 7% of the stops of hispanics, 2. 3% of the stops of whites.
