Knowles, John; Persico, Nicola G.; Todd, Petra - 2021
police checking for illegal drugs and other contraband. The courts are faced with the task of deciding on the basis of … traffic-search data whether police behavior reflects a rackial bias. We discuss why a simple test for racial bias commonly … consistent with the behavior of non-prejudiced police maximizing drug interdiction. The test is valid even when the set of …