http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/nyregion/fighting-stop-and-frisk-tactic-but-hitting-racial-divide.html?nl=nyregion&emc=edit_ur_20120323This is a link to a NY Times article about police stop and friskpractices. Studies show that minorities aredisproportionately targeted for random stops and searches.While not a corrections issue it is related to other racialdisparities in the system that we have discussed in the class.
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