Racial and Ethnic Profiling

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The following persuasive essay will present two sides of racial profiling by police . Different theorists suggest that racial profiling is a `necessary evil ' because it aids in putting criminals in jail Although racial profiling does accomplish this task the argument of this will persuade the reader to consider that racial profiling merely promotes further discrimination against minorities through stereotyping procedures which is more harmful when this act is done by the police force who is supposed to protect human

rights . Instead , racial profiling is hindering to minority 's rights and furthermore it increases the amount of innocent people who are put in jail and thus have to subsequently have to be processed as innocent before being allowed to leave , which often times includes over night stays in jail . Thus racial profiling is a violation of human rights , which will be the main focal point of this persuasive essay

There are many factors that go into the account of crime prevention - first and foremost , the identification of crime in an area . The measurement and statistical analysis of criminal activity is important Without this information , it would be impossible to adequately address the criminal issues of any given area , It is not racial profiling for an officer to question , stop , search , arrest , or otherwise investigate a person because his race or ethnicity matches information about a perpetrator of a specific crime that the officer is investigating . That use of race - which usually occurs when there is a racially specific of the criminal - does not entail a global judgment about a racial or ethnic group as a whole (Gross 2002 1415

In support of racial profiling the system presents the statistical analysis of criminal activity wherein several important issues are discovered . The support for racial profiling exists in that it is through such analysis that specific crimes came be targeted . The identification of a certain type of criminal activity , such as vandalism , armed robbery , or violence , can direct the responsible policing agency to act accordingly . Such data would show target locations , as well as patterns of victimization , methodology , and possible suspects . Racial profiling is said to be important because it allows the police force to narrow their search criteria by geographical location , gender , appearance (weight , hair , etc , and race which makes it easier to apprehend a subject . Because crime is defined as being constituted through the definitions of situations that are negotiated between different parties (offender , victim , witness , policeman , judge etc ) in processes of social interaction , it is necessary to understand that interaction (Meuser Loepscher 2002 2

Statistical measurement of crime data could be used to identify the necessary programs a specific area needs . For example , if an area is suffering from high amounts of drug trafficking , it would be pointless to implement a program meant to curb the proliferation of vandalism . In the same way , the identification of primary issues of local jurisdictions would be a very important issue in maintaining...