What's in a name? Officer misidentification of Latinx Americans and implications for the study of racial disparities in policing

• In Event: Beyond White, Black, and Brown (and anything in between)

Brief Overview

We find evidence that police officers 'misidentify' Latinx Americans as white, with implications of the estimation of racial disparities from administrative data

Authors

• Ayobami S. Laniyonu, University of Toronto

• Samuel Donahue, John Jay College of Criminal Justice