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North Carolina Highway Traffic Study, 2000-2001

(8 datasets; 314,488 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): Zingraff, Matthew; Smith, William; Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald

Summary: This study investigated whether the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) practiced racial profiling. The NCSHP provided data on all vehicular stops (Parts 1 and 2), written warnings (Part 3), and citations (Part 4) its officers issued in 2000. This included data on what the stops or tickets were for, the race, sex, and age of the driver, and the make, model, and year of the car being driven. Data on accidents in 2000 (Part 5), also obtained from the NCSHP, were used to examine whet... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04078.v1

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