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Profiles in injustice : why racial profiling cannot work / David A. Harris.
Publication details: New York : New Press, c2002.Description: xi, 276 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 1565846966 :
- HV8141 .H298 2002
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Summary: Racial profiling--as practiced by police officers, highway troopers, and customs officials--has become one of America's most explosive public issues. In this myth-busting book, David Harris reveals that the data collected by law-enforcement agencies themselves on racial profiling makes the case against it.
Profiles in Injustice: American Life Under the Regime of Racial Profiling -- Profiling Past and Present, and High-Discretion Police Tactics -- Profiling Unmasked: From Criminal Profiling to Racial Profiling -- The Hard Numbers: Why Racial Profiling Doesn't Add Up -- The Costs of Racial Profiling: Casualties and Collateral Damage -- It's Not Just Driving While Black: How Profiling Affects Latinos, Asians, and Arabs -- Meeting the Challenge of Racial Profiling -- A Case Study: How One Police Agency Changed for the Better -- Conclusion: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and the Future.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-263) and index.
Profiles in Injustice: American Life Under the Regime of Racial Profiling -- Profiling Past and Present, and High-Discretion Police Tactics -- Profiling Unmasked: From Criminal Profiling to Racial Profiling -- The Hard Numbers: Why Racial Profiling Doesn't Add Up -- The Costs of Racial Profiling: Casualties and Collateral Damage -- It's Not Just Driving While Black: How Profiling Affects Latinos, Asians, and Arabs -- Meeting the Challenge of Racial Profiling -- A Case Study: How One Police Agency Changed for the Better -- Conclusion: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy and the Future.
Racial profiling--as practiced by police officers, highway troopers, and customs officials--has become one of America's most explosive public issues. In this myth-busting book, David Harris reveals that the data collected by law-enforcement agencies themselves on racial profiling makes the case against it.
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