research Argrument on Racial profiling

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Research Argument on racial profiling

Racial profiling is the improper use of an individual 's perceived race or ethnicity when stopped , questioned or searched by person who has the authority to make such inquiries (Rivera , R .G . 2001 HYPERLINK "http /happyweb .net /parking /policeintegrity /prp /default .htm http /happyweb .net /parking /policeintegrity /prp /default .htm

Racial profiling ' stems from the police use to question members of racial minorities on suspicion of criminal activity . Investigations into this practice have lately resulted in an

out-of-court settlement between the Civil Rights Division of the federal Department of Justice and the State of New Jersey . The New Jersey State Police had been stopping and searching three times as numerous black or Hispanic drivers as white ones on the New Jersey Turnpike . The resultant car searches had turned up contraband in 13 .5 percent of the minority drivers compared to ten percent among white drivers , a difference that the federal government charged did not warrant the race-based surveillance . A similar situation had been documented in Maryland a number of years earlier

Bernard E . Harcourt asserts that Racial profiling on the highways can be justified as an effective law enforcement tool or , from a constitutional perspective , as a narrowly tailored policing technique that promotes a compelling governmental interest in law enforcement if the following three conditions are satisfied (1 ) racial profiling has a long-term negative effect on the prod crime (2 ) while increasing the efficient allocation of police resources (3 ) without producing a ratchet effect on the prod population . These three specific conditions will only be satisfied in certain identifiable situations of comparative elasticity and offending as between racial groups

David Harris in his novel Pros in Injustice Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work ' asserted that after September 11 , all of the hijackers who carried out the attacks that day were Arab men , and observers began saying that racial profiling is a suitable tool for the war on terrorism . And the public seems to agree . Researches showed strong majorities in favor of subjecting those of Arab descent to extra scrutiny at airports . Captivatingly , blacks and Arab-Americans were even more expected than whites to favor such policies

Already , most of us have had the chance to see old ladies stopped for embarrassing random searches at the boarding gates in the airports , as far more dangerous looking men have walked down the jet ways without so much as a second look from the security screeners . Conservatives particularly , have skewered the government for persisting with these in fact pathetic , and quite perhaps very dangerous , policies "Mrs . Shaena " They asked . There were three suits , one security guard and one cop "I 'm Jewish " he exclaimed " Shaena isn 't a Jewish name " someone sneered

This is steady with the general propensities of conservatives to be more encouraging than liberals of aggressive law enforcement techniques and to be less probable to believe that police officers are prone to racist behavior . Political rightness , compulsive pandering to racial sensitivities...