Did the Curtailing of the "Stop, Question, and Frisk" Policy Lead to An Increase in New York City's Homicide Rate in 2015?: An Examination of the Relationship Between Stop-and-Frisk and Violent Crime Rates

Author

Isabel P. Smith, Scripps CollegeFollow

Graduation Year

2016

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Politics and International Relations

Reader 1

Thomas Kim

Reader 2

Vanessa Tyson

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Abstract

This thesis is an examination of the relationship between the New York Police Department's "Stop, Question, and Frisk" policy and the city's homicide rates. Using a historical analysis of NYC crime data as well as a cross-city comparison of homicide rates across the United States, I determine whether or not there is a consistent, causal relationship between the policy and the city's violent crime rates.

Recommended Citation

Smith, Isabel P., "Did the Curtailing of the "Stop, Question, and Frisk" Policy Lead to An Increase in New York City's Homicide Rate in 2015?: An Examination of the Relationship Between Stop-and-Frisk and Violent Crime Rates" (2016). Scripps Senior Theses. 817.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/817