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    You succinctly described‚ through personal experience‚ the biases that affects many regardless of profession. “The racial profiling controversy‚ which began within the context of traffic stops‚ is encroaching into other areas like‚ transportation security‚ shoplifting‚ immigration and quality of life enforcement” (Withrow & Dailey‚ 2011). Many in society will see this as a failure in the lack of family instilled values or a leadership failure but refuse to see it as a personal accountability issue

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    own experiences does bring understanding of why some good officers may have made some grave mistakes that they sadly cannot take back. Also‚ I understand how some alleged offenders and actual offenders have been unjustly assaulted due to the racial profiling from a racist perspective. Lastly‚ I now realize there are times where racism is not a factor and you have good cops and very dangerous people‚ but in order to keep society safe it may sometimes require the loss of human life. All the theories

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    "us" and "them‚" whether they are sexual‚ racial‚ geographic‚ ethnic‚ economic or ideological‚ there is always the danger that they will become the basis for self-affirmation‚ involving denigration of the other group. Since American society is very diversified‚ it is all too common for everyone to be exposed to Otherness. Such practices are likely to have powerful repercussions and often begin at childhood and continue throughout adulthood. In the essay‚ Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood‚

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    RACIAL AND CRIMINAL PROFILING An Assessment of RACIAL AND CRIMINAL PROFILING Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice RACIAL AND CRIMINAL PROFILING 1 As many issues and concerns arise in our everyday lives‚ it is often difficult to overlook many of the horrific and tragic situations of today’s law enforcement. Regardless of what profession you may be in there are always ways to make improvements

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    Remain a Target of Racial Profiling‚” was rather entertaining and not based on all factual evidence. I do not solely base my opinions on statistical data from one source. You quoted percentages from the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics report which stated that Hispanics‚ African Americans and Whites were most likely to be pulled over for a traffic offense. Percentages can be alarming when used in this context‚ and I agree that this would be a very persuasive argument for racial biases. But

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    According to definition‚ "Racial Profiling" refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion or national origin (Dictionary.com). Research shows that racial profiling‚ targets specific individuals or groups based on appearance‚ religion‚ and origin is illegal under the United States law. During the past years‚ racial profiling has been a big problem in the United States. Black people

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    Racial profiling refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ or national origin. Racial profiling has been around since the 1900’s‚ and there are numerous states that still allow racial profiling to happen. Police officers should not racial profile African Americans. Racial profiling can lead to wrongful conviction. There are numerous cases where African American men were killed

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    the literature to date‚ there appear to be at least two clearly distinguishable definitions of the term ’racial profiling’: a narrow definition and a broad definition... Under the narrow definition‚ racial profiling occurs when a police officer stops‚ questions‚ arrests‚ and/or searches someone solely on the basis of the person’s race or ethnicity... Under the broader definition‚ racial profiling occurs whenever police routinely use race as a factor that‚ along with an accumulation of other factors

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    Racial profiling and law enforcement subculture have always been issues within the community. “Racial profiling refers to “any action that results in the heightened racial scrutiny of minorities—justified or not” (Russell-Brown‚ 2004‚ pp. 98–99). This definition recognizes racial discrimination by store clerks‚ governmental officials‚ and police.” (Gabbidon‚ Greene 2013) Law enforcement subculture refers to specific beliefs‚ behaviors‚ and attitudes in which police officers tend to follow or show

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    comes to a law enforcement figure’s vision of people‚ they may use their sight to single someone out just because of the way they look and the color of their skin‚ which is known as racial profiling. Racial profiling is the suspicion of certain races or ethnicities for committing or being involved

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