Stop-and-Frisk in New York City: A Propensity Score Analysis of Post-Stop Outcomes

• In Event: Police Legitimacy and Bias

Abstract

The majority of people stopped under the New York Police Department’s policy of stop-and-frisk are non-white. Of those who are stopped, blacks and Latinos are more likely to be frisked and are more likely to have force used against them. While prior studies have examined the effects of race and other covariates on the likelihood of these outcomes, there is less evidence of how similarly situated whites, blacks, and Latinos are treated. Using NYPD stop-and-frisk data from 2010 to 2015, this study uses propensity score analysis to compare post-stop outcomes for white, black, and Latino individuals.

Author

• Philip Levchak, University of Hartford