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Author Harris, David A., 1957-

Title Profiles in injustice : why racial profiling cannot work / David A. Harris.

Publication Info. New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2003.

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 Moore Stacks  HV8141 .H298 2003    Available  ---
Description xi, 303 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-284) and index.
Contents Profiles in injustice : American life under the regime of racial profiling -- Profiling past and present, and high-discretion police tactics -- Profiling unmasked : from criminal profiling to racial profiling -- Hard numbers : why racial profiling doesn't add up -- Costs of racial profiling : casualties and collateral damage -- It's not just driving while Black : how profiling affects Latinos, Asians, and Arabs -- Meeting the challenge of racial profiling -- Case study : how one police agency changed for the better -- Racial profiling after September 11, 2001 : new reality, same problems -- Self-fulfilling prophecy and the future.
Form Supplementary material such as legislative updates and press releases on racial profiling and other issues is available at the American Civil Liberties Union Web site via the World Wide Web.
Subject Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States.
Racial profiling in law enforcement.
United States.
Law enforcement -- United States.
Law enforcement.
Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
ISBN 1565848187 paperback
1565846966 hardcover