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Race, Crime, and Institutional Design
Erik Luna
66 Law and Contemporary Problems 183 (2003)
 
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Abstract:

Minorities are gravely overrepresented in every stage of the criminal process--from pedestrian and automobile stops, to searches and seizures, to arrests and convictions, to incarceration and capital punishment. While racial data can provide a snapshot of the current state of affairs, such information rarely satisfies questions of causation, and usually only sets the scene for normative theory.
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