The Intersection of Racial Neighborhood Transformation and Stop, Question, and Frisk in New York City

• In Event: Police Stop and Frisk Encounters with Citizens

Abstract

How does racial neighborhood transformation affect the implementation of Stop, Question, and Frisk in New York City? City officials state that the policy is aimed at higher crime neighborhoods and studies have shown that crimes rates rise, at least initially, in response to neighborhood transformation. I propose that as white population rises in traditionally lower class, minority neighborhoods, the effect is a disproportionate rise in the number of black and Hispanic stops by police. I use the New York City Stop and Frisk and Crime 2006-2011 dataset to analyze the impact of racial neighborhood transformation on the number of stops by demographic group.

Author

• Jessica Rose Kalbfeld, New York University