Stop and Frisk

New research suggests that "broken windows" policing has resulted in more young people getting arrested for trivial offenses—especially young people of color.

President Trump on Monday echoed arguments from his campaign, but his information seems outdated.

The research the attorney general drew his conclusions from had some serious flaws.

A new study suggests the so-called ACLU effect might be to blame.

There are some approaches that can reduce crime without worsening community relations, a new analysis finds.

A new study suggests police may search and use force more often against black and Hispanic men they perceive to be large.

Are cops abusing power because more civilians hate them?

Across the country, non-white drivers are more likely to be stopped, and those stops are more likely to lead to frisks, searches, and tickets.

Stop-and-frisk may have gained notoriety in New York City, but a new analysis finds Chicago police stops people more often than their New York counterparts do, and is less transparent about it.

Updates to past Pacific Standard print stories.

A recently published analysis finds reasons for concern at three levels of the legal process.

As Rudy Giuliani’s old police commissioner William Bratton returns to New York City, new research still fuels a debate over their pet policy.

Racial profiling in luxury stores is causing way more problems than it’s preventing.