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- ItemCrime Control, Civil Liberties, and Policy Implementation: An Analysis of the New York City Police Department's Stop and Frisk Program, 1994-2013(2014) Lubelczyk, Colin; McGovern, Stephen J., 1959-My thesis will seek to provide an overview of the relevant arguments that comprise the stop and frisk debate before applying independent research to a more specific research question. It will begin with a historical background section that will provide an overview of Terry vs. Ohio, the landmark 1968 Supreme Court case that first authorized stop and frisk, before summarizing the ways in which the tactic's use has changed over time. The subsequent section is a literature review that summarizes the scholarship that has sought to answer the following two research questions: 1) is stop and frisk an effective law enforcement tactic? 2) has stop and frisk been implemented fairly in respect to constitutional and minority rights? Following the literature review is a brief research design section that introduces a new research question, case studies, and methodology. The final sections offer an in depth description and analysis of stop and frisk implementation in New York City during two case studies, 1994-2001 and 2001-2013. These sections seek to answer the research question: what variables determine the fairness of an urban stop and frisk program?