Date of Award
12-2005
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering
Department
Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management
First Advisor
Dr. Daniel Mihalko
Second Advisor
Dr. Steven Butt
Third Advisor
Dr. Tycho Fredericks
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
There is a concern that racial profiling is being used to invoke searches and stops in spite of its violation of the fourth amendment. Simulation methods are used to study the correlation test of stops, searches and citations with race, age, and gender. The design uses sensitivity analysis of inputs to determine their relationship to outputs statistics of a police department's citations and stops. Experimental results are than used to verify and predict departmental bias. A simulation program written in Visual Basic is used as a tool to explore simulation techniques. A formulation of simulation uses in studying discriminatory profiling is obtained.
Recommended Citation
Neal, Oscar, "Simulating Discriminatory Profiling" (2005). Masters Theses. 4151.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4151