Perspective
May 24, 2013
Making the case for the continued use of stop-and-frisk
Despite its success, stop-and-frisk is under attack by those who claim it produces illegal searches and racial profiling. By Lawrence Rosenthal
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, urban America faced an unprecedented crime wave. Violent crime - in particular firearms-related crime in public places - was spiking in the wake of the introduction of crack cocaine to the nation's cities.
For decades, big-city police had favored policing by reactive patrol. Police drove through a "beat" responding to calls for service.
The crack epidemic exposed the defi...
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