What statement about race and police discretion is false?
a. African American youth are arrested at a rate proportionate to their representation in the population.
b. African American drivers are disproportionately stopped by police.
c. African Americans are more likely than European Americans to be recommended for formal processing.
d. African Americans are more likely than European Americans to be given harsher dispositions for comparable offenses.
A
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