Profiles in injustice : why racial profiling cannot work / David A. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, David A., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racial profiling in law enforcement--United States.

Racial profiling in law enforcement.

United States.

Law enforcement--United States.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

xi, 276 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press, [2002]

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-263) and index.

ISBN:

1565846966

OCLC:

47521379