Racial Profiling

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The public is concerned that these decisions reflect racial prejudice, and racism. Many researchers continue to defend theses profiles, saying that they are based of entire facts (Hersezenhorn, 2000 Kennedy, 1997 Taylor amp Whitney, 1999).Other experts have well-tried the accuracy of these profiles, and still have argued that even if accurate, all decisions based off race is inappropriate (Harris, 1997, 1999a Kennedy, 1997). in that respect are twain meanings to racial profiling. Hard racial profiling uses race as the yet factor. E. g. an officer square offs a black person and pulls him over for a search and pat-down. wooly racial profiling is using race as one factor among others in criminal suspiciousness. E. g. a report says that a Jamaican drug cleric is operate a Jeep, so troopers pull over black males who are speeding in Jeeps.even though the driver was speeding, the reason the officer pulled him over kind of of the other cars, was due to his race. Mi norities are usually the ones affected by racial profiling. According to the public, the war on drugs immediately became a war on minorities. There is secernate for racial profiling. One is anecdotal, which is a limited value. The other is statistical, which research is entirely worthless. Any evaluation of the evidence for the use of race profiling in policing moldiness keep the contexts distinct. Today, scramble color makes you a suspect in America. You are more likely to be topped, searched, be arrested or imprisoned. Racial profiling does non only exist in crime but in our society. People are segregated by race and ethnicity. A certain race may think that they are wealthier than others. They excessively moot that they have more power and education than other races. This creates a conflict between different races and ethnic groups. layer rank also conflicts when it comes to racial profiling. Upper class ideally has more power than spunk and lower class. Thus, resulting in a group conflict. pooh-pooh and middle class expect equal protection and power.Whites are usually in the higher rank, and blacks are in lower ranks. Stereotypes also fall into the sept of racial profiling. When we see someone who is black we automatically admit they are African. When we see someone who is Hispanic we automatically assume their Spanish. When we see an Asian person we automatically assume their Chinese, and when we see a lily-white person we assume their American. Its the little things like this that are considered racial profiling. Most of us gullt think that its bad but someone could take it offensively. Another way we use racial profiling is when we meet plurality.When you see a decent dressed white male you assume hes wealthy and intelligent. When you meet a black male, who is not dressed as nicely, you assume hes a thug, or has dropped out of school. The saying Dont judge a book by its cover not only plant life for books but for people as well. The labo r laws state that no one should be turned down for a job due to disabilities or their age. Shouldnt this be the kindred with race, ethnic, and skin color? In conclusion racial profiling still exists in the United States because we allow it too. It must be stopped, forrader crimes go up.We should not make decisions off skin color or ethnic backgrounds. Weve come a long way and everyone should be seen as equals. Even though racial profiling exists in crimes and police stops, we should make an essay to change this. There are other ways to go about devising an arrest or sentencing someone to jail. Skin color, ethnic background, and religion should not be factors when deciding to arrest or pull someone over. I believe that if we make an effort to let everyone know that racial profiling is still happening today we can make a difference to hamper it.References robin Shepard Engel, Jennifer M Calnon, doubting Thomas J Bernard. Justice Quarterly JQ. Highland Heights Jun 2002. Vol. 19, I ss. 2 pg. 249, 25 pgs Katy Hurst (2008). http//www. mightystudents. com/essay/conflict. theory. explain. 70034 Heather Mac Donald (Spring 2001). The Myth of Racial pen http//www. city-journal. org/hypertext markup language/11_2_the_myth. html John Reitzel, Alex R. Piquero. Does It Exist? Studying Citizens Attitudes of Racial indite http//pqx. sagepub. com/content/9/2/161. abstractRacial ProfilingThis paper is going to review recent studies on racial profiling and critiques many of their methods. I will be using the conflict theory to review a number of ways that may explain racial disparities in the rates of crimes. Also I will be using conflict theory to review how it affects people in society. It addresses the major problem of inequality that exists in society today. Racial profiling in America is where those in authority use race factor when arresting citizens. Racial profiling occurs when the police target someone for investigation on the basis of that persons race, origin, or ethnicity.It has led police agencies across the world to start collecting information about traffic and pedestrian stops. The controversy over this is that all assumptions are race based. One example of this research states that police face the use of race to make decisions during traffic and pedestrian stops. The public is concerned that these decisions reflect racial prejudice, and racism. Many researchers continue to defend theses profiles, saying that they are based of accurate facts (Hersezenhorn, 2000 Kennedy, 1997 Taylor amp Whitney, 1999).Other experts have tested the accuracy of these profiles, and still have argued that even if accurate, all decisions based off race is inappropriate (Harris, 1997, 1999a Kennedy, 1997). There are two meanings to racial profiling. Hard racial profiling uses race as the only factor. E. g. an officer sees a black person and pulls him over for a search and pat-down. Soft racial profiling is using race as one factor among others in criminal sus piciousness. E. g. a report says that a Jamaican drug lord is driving a Jeep, so troopers pull over black males who are speeding in Jeeps.Even though the driver was speeding, the reason the officer pulled him over instead of the other cars, was due to his race. Minorities are usually the ones affected by racial profiling. According to the public, the war on drugs immediately became a war on minorities. There is evidence for racial profiling. One is anecdotal, which is a limited value. The other is statistical, which research is entirely worthless. Any evaluation of the evidence for the use of race profiling in policing must keep the contexts distinct. Today, skin color makes you a suspect in America. You are more likely to be topped, searched, be arrested or imprisoned. Racial profiling does not only exist in crime but in our society. People are segregated by race and ethnicity. A certain race may think that they are wealthier than others. They also believe that they have more power and education than other races. This creates a conflict between different races and ethnic groups. Class rank also conflicts when it comes to racial profiling. Upper class ideally has more power than middle and lower class. Thus, resulting in a group conflict. Lower and middle class want equal protection and power.Whites are usually in the higher rank, and blacks are in lower ranks. Stereotypes also fall into the category of racial profiling. When we see someone who is black we automatically assume they are African. When we see someone who is Hispanic we automatically assume their Spanish. When we see an Asian person we automatically assume their Chinese, and when we see a white person we assume their American. Its the little things like this that are considered racial profiling. Most of us dont think that its bad but someone could take it offensively. Another way we use racial profiling is when we meet people.When you see a nice dressed white male you assume hes wealthy and intell igent. When you meet a black male, who is not dressed as nicely, you assume hes a thug, or has dropped out of school. The saying Dont judge a book by its cover not only works for books but for people as well. The labor laws state that no one should be turned down for a job due to disabilities or their age. Shouldnt this be the same with race, ethnic, and skin color? In conclusion racial profiling still exists in the United States because we allow it too. It must be stopped, before crimes go up.We should not make decisions off skin color or ethnic backgrounds. Weve come a long way and everyone should be seen as equals. Even though racial profiling exists in crimes and police stops, we should make an effort to change this. There are other ways to go about making an arrest or sentencing someone to jail. Skin color, ethnic background, and religion should not be factors when deciding to arrest or pull someone over. I believe that if we make an effort to let everyone know that racial prof iling is still happening today we can make a difference to prevent it.References Robin Shepard Engel, Jennifer M Calnon, Thomas J Bernard. Justice Quarterly JQ. Highland Heights Jun 2002. Vol. 19, Iss. 2 pg. 249, 25 pgs Katy Hurst (2008). http//www. mightystudents. com/essay/conflict. theory. explain. 70034 Heather Mac Donald (Spring 2001). The Myth of Racial Profiling http//www. city-journal. org/html/11_2_the_myth. html John Reitzel, Alex R. Piquero. Does It Exist? Studying Citizens Attitudes of Racial Profiling http//pqx. sagepub. com/content/9/2/161. abstractRacial ProfilingRacial Profiling Racial profiling has been around for hundreds of years and its still around, but not as bad as it use to be. Racial profiling is wrong for many different reasons and here is why. For example, racial profiling is wrong because you cant judge somebody just because their skin color isnt white. Police officers were often pulling over people of color just for the fun of it. It was humiliating to t he people because it made them feel like they were nothing more than a piece of garbage. The police officers didnt take colored people seriously and just did what they wanted. They asked permission to search the car and when he refused they searched it anyway clearly states that the police had no respect for colored people and their feelings. Furthermore, racial profiling is wrong because it really does not matter what color skin you have, you can still be a good person at heart. just about everybody is innocent, and virtually everybody is not white is a true statement because its not just black and hispanic people who are in gangs, rob stores, luxate cars etc.. its white people to.It makes people feel sad and unloved, and sometimes pushes them to a point to where they want to commit suicide. Also, it starts fights and arguments and if it goes to far, you end up getting arrested. In reality, everybody makes mistakes. tout ensemble in all, I feel racial profiling is wrong because if you think about it enough and try and understand what it feels like to be constantly peeved and humiliated, you wouldnt like it either. Hopefully in the future, people stop being racist and just know everybody is human and everybody has feelings.Racial ProfilingThis paper is going to review recent studies on racial profiling and critiques many of their methods. I will be using the conflict theory to review a number of ways that may explain racial disparities in the rates of crimes. Also I will be using conflict theory to review how it affects people in society. It addresses the major problem of inequality that exists in society today. Racial profiling in America is where those in authority use race factor when arresting citizens. Racial profiling occurs when the police target someone for investigation on the basis of that persons race, origin, or ethnicity.It has led police agencies across the world to start collecting information about traffic and pedestrian stops. The controve rsy over this is that all assumptions are race based. One example of this research states that police face the use of race to make decisions during traffic and pedestrian stops. The public is concerned that these decisions reflect racial prejudice, and racism. Many researchers continue to defend theses profiles, saying that they are based of accurate facts (Hersezenhorn, 2000 Kennedy, 1997 Taylor amp Whitney, 1999).Other experts have tested the accuracy of these profiles, and still have argued that even if accurate, all decisions based off race is inappropriate (Harris, 1997, 1999a Kennedy, 1997). There are two meanings to racial profiling. Hard racial profiling uses race as the only factor. E. g. an officer sees a black person and pulls him over for a search and pat-down. Soft racial profiling is using race as one factor among others in criminal suspiciousness. E. g. a report says that a Jamaican drug lord is driving a Jeep, so troopers pull over black males who are speeding in Jee ps.Even though the driver was speeding, the reason the officer pulled him over instead of the other cars, was due to his race. Minorities are usually the ones affected by racial profiling. According to the public, the war on drugs immediately became a war on minorities. There is evidence for racial profiling. One is anecdotal, which is a limited value. The other is statistical, which research is entirely worthless. Any evaluation of the evidence for the use of race profiling in policing must keep the contexts distinct. Today, skin color makes you a suspect in America. You are more likely to be topped, searched, be arrested or imprisoned. Racial profiling does not only exist in crime but in our society. People are segregated by race and ethnicity. A certain race may think that they are wealthier than others. They also believe that they have more power and education than other races. This creates a conflict between different races and ethnic groups. Class rank also conflicts when it c omes to racial profiling. Upper class ideally has more power than middle and lower class. Thus, resulting in a group conflict. Lower and middle class want equal protection and power.Whites are usually in the higher rank, and blacks are in lower ranks. Stereotypes also fall into the category of racial profiling. When we see someone who is black we automatically assume they are African. When we see someone who is Hispanic we automatically assume their Spanish. When we see an Asian person we automatically assume their Chinese, and when we see a white person we assume their American. Its the little things like this that are considered racial profiling. Most of us dont think that its bad but someone could take it offensively. Another way we use racial profiling is when we meet people.When you see a nice dressed white male you assume hes wealthy and intelligent. When you meet a black male, who is not dressed as nicely, you assume hes a thug, or has dropped out of school. The saying Dont j udge a book by its cover not only works for books but for people as well. The labor laws state that no one should be turned down for a job due to disabilities or their age. Shouldnt this be the same with race, ethnic, and skin color? In conclusion racial profiling still exists in the United States because we allow it too. It must be stopped, before crimes go up.We should not make decisions off skin color or ethnic backgrounds. Weve come a long way and everyone should be seen as equals. Even though racial profiling exists in crimes and police stops, we should make an effort to change this. There are other ways to go about making an arrest or sentencing someone to jail. Skin color, ethnic background, and religion should not be factors when deciding to arrest or pull someone over. I believe that if we make an effort to let everyone know that racial profiling is still happening today we can make a difference to prevent it.References Robin Shepard Engel, Jennifer M Calnon, Thomas J Berna rd. Justice Quarterly JQ. Highland Heights Jun 2002. Vol. 19, Iss. 2 pg. 249, 25 pgs Katy Hurst (2008). http//www. mightystudents. com/essay/conflict. theory. explain. 70034 Heather Mac Donald (Spring 2001). The Myth of Racial Profiling http//www. city-journal. org/html/11_2_the_myth. html John Reitzel, Alex R. Piquero. Does It Exist? Studying Citizens Attitudes of Racial Profiling http//pqx. sagepub. com/content/9/2/161. abstract