Criminal Profiling

Criminal profiling is the analysis of a person’s ability to commit a crime based on their psychological and behavioral characteristics. Criminal profiling can also be based off of families crime history or previous crimes committed. According to the Racial Profiling Article, racial profiling is the use of race as a key factor in police decisions to stop and interrogate a citizen. Criminal profiling has many key factors that contribute to a police decision to interrogate a citizen, but Race profiling is just based off of race. Racial profiling is not a necessity for the safety of American communities. Criminal profiling can be used instead of racial profiling to keep American communities safer. Criminal profiling should lead to reasonable suspicion or probable cause against a criminal interrogation, not just based on the person’s
Racial profiling is used by police especially when it comes to stop and frisk. According to some studies, Race profiling allows the police to lower crime rates in cases were they are able to cease drugs and weapons from their searches, but it also subjects a lot of innocent people to interrogation. But other studies indicate that the crime rates were already declining before stop and risk were put in place. The 4th amendment allows the right of the people to be secure in their person and their property from unreasonable search and seizure without a warrant due to probable cause. So regardless of the minimal benefits of racial profiling, it is still illegal. I believe if all races are not subject to racial profiling then it should not be used in regular police procedure, because the systems needs to be fair for all citizens. Race can still be used as a factor of profiling, but it does not need to be the key factor. Race along side other contributing factors could remove the bias out of the