The case of Tyre Nichols highlights how traffic stops can turn deadly. Traffic stops are also prone to racial bias, can break down community trust in police and yield few results, research shows.
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New research on police departments across the country reveals a significant link between the use of fatal force and college education – the more educated are less likely to use it.
Officers with college degrees were significantly more likely to pull over drivers for less serious violations, search drivers or their vehicles and make arrests on discretionary grounds.
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Regents' Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
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Founders Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis
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PhD Candidate, The University of Texas at Austin
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Clinical Instructor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
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Assistant professor in the Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin
