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The Impact of Traffic Stops on Calling the Police for Help

¹ University Of Florida
² University of Nebraska at Omaha
³ University of Louisville
⁴ University of Texas at San Antonio

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: clgibson{at}ufl.edu.

	Abstract

Using data from the Police–Public Contact Survey (PPCS), the current study examined how experiencing traffic stops affect the likelihood that Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics will contact the police for services. First, experiencing one or more traffic stops in the past year significantly decreased the likelihood of contacting the police for assistance and to report a neighborhood problem, net of other demographic characteristics. Second, traffic stop experiences had similar effects on Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics, each group less likely to have contacted the police for assistance and to report neighborhood problems if they had experienced one or more traffic stops in the past year. This study also discusses the reasons why experiencing traffic stops are related to contacting the police for help and provides some implications for police–community relationships.

First published on September 22, 2009
Criminal Justice Policy Review 2009, doi:10.1177/0887403409344165


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