The Law and Economics of Stop-and-Frisk
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 369 I. LEGAL BACKGROUND ..................................................................... 371 II. ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS ........................................................... 372 III. CURRENT APPROACHES TO FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT ANALYSIS...................................................................................... 374 IV. PRELIMINARY SUGGESTIONS FOR FOURTH AMENDMENT ANALYSIS...................................................................................... 375 V. RECENT EVALUATIONS IN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK CITY .... 377 QUESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH ..................................................... 379
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