Traffic and the Police Variations in Law-Enforcement Policy |
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Author:
| Gardiner, John A. |
Series title: | Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-49161-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Although laws governing moving-traffic violations are fairly uniform throughout the United States, the effective levels of enforcement of these laws vary dramatically from city to city. Basing this study on statistics from nearly seven hundred police departments, census data, personal interviews, on-the-spot observation, and detailed case studies of four Massachusetts cities Mr. Gardiner identifies and discusses the factors that determine police decisionmaking in relation to traffic violations.
Although laws governing moving-traffic violations are fairly uniform throughout the United States, the effective levels of enforcement of these laws vary dramatically from city to city. Basing this study on statistics from nearly seven hundred police departments, census data, personal interviews, on-the-spot observation, and detailed case studies of four Massachusetts cities Mr. Gardiner identifies and discusses the factors that determine police decisionmaking in relation to traffic violations.