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Marijuana Policies and Racially Biased Policing: When Law Enforcement Backlashes Against Reform

Fri, April 5, 9:45 to 11:15am CDT (9:45 to 11:15am CDT), TBA

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Using police stops data in Illinois from 2012 to 2021, we find that marijuana decriminalization and legalization triggered a backlash effect, with racial disparities and bias in stops, searches and arrests increasing across multiple indicators.

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