NCJ Number
191548
Date Published
March 2002
Length
20 pages
Agencies
BJS
Annotation
This study provides data on the nature and characteristics of traffic stops, as collected in the 1999 Police-Public Contact Survey.
Abstract
Tables present detailed demographic characteristics of the 19.3 million drivers stopped by police in 1999. Drivers stopped one time over a 12-month period and drivers stopped two or more times are compared across categories of gender, age, and race/ethnicity. The report also examines driver responses regarding the traffic stop, speeding, searches conducted by police, arrest, and use of force. Highlights include the following: (1) males (70.3 percent) stopped for speeding were more likely to be ticketed than females (66.5 percent); (2) approximately 422,000 persons age 16 or older said the police used or threatened to use force against them at least once during 1999; and (3) in 1999, 6.6 percent of traffic stops involved a search of the driver, the vehicle, or both.
Date Created: June 22, 2018