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Racial Profiling

Abstract

Racial profiling is a current, central, and controversial area of law enforcement. There have been many concerns and issues among the minorities, politicians, law enforcement administrators, and researchers about the police use of racial profiling. This paper discusses the issues of racial profiling, such as racial bias of police, which includes racial profiling of motorist, cyclists, and pedestrians. The issue of discriminatory treatment of minority individuals and minority neighborhoods will also be addressed. This paper also includes the impact of racial profiling upon minority communities, citizens, and law enforcement agencies. This paper concludes with suggestions on how to prevent racial profiling in law enforcement.

Introduction
Racial profiling is any police or private security practice in which a person is treated as a suspect because of his race, ethnicity, nationality or religion (Shusta, Levine, Wong, and Harris, 2005). This......

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Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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