Offender profiling

Racial Profiling or Authorities Doing Their Job? The arrest of a 14-year-old Muslim student at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas sparked a controversy long debated within the United States. Racial profiling. Little did Ahmed Mohamed know that bringing the clock he made from a pencil-case to school would end with him being arrested for the hoax bomb law. In an interview with Chris Hayes of MSNBC, Ahmed tells the story of how he was interrogated on school property for over an hour where he…

Describe racial profiling and racially biased policing. Explain why these phenomena have become significant issues in policing. What steps have been taken to eliminate racial bias among police? I. Describe racial profiling and racially biased policing According to dictionary.com, racial profiling is the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person. Bias-based policing refers to police practices that intentionally use prejudiced judgments based on…

The year was 1961, in Bellmawr New Jersey. Police officers including the Chief were under investigation due to claims of “ticket fixing”. What is ticket fixing? Ticket fixing is where an officer of the law terminates or abolishes a ticket that was served to a citizen, reasons for this “ticket fixing” could be relatives or friends related to the said officer. Before the city employees were questioned, they were advised that anything they say can be used and held against them in a court of law.…

certain direction depending on the issue. A big problem that media has been showing a lot is racial profiling. Cops are trying to hide the fact that is happening in the departments. Eugene Robinson wanted to show the people that it is happening, and it is happening a lot more frequently. Eugene Robinson wrote an article in The Seattle Times: “You have the right to remain a target of racial profiling”. He states in his article several points of how whites get away with much more traffic…

People believe that racial profiling is an effective way to eliminate crime in the community and even as far as the nation. What are your beliefs. If racial profiling is present in todays society, it is strongly against the law. But why is this so bad? Why do people want to eliminate racial profiling? There are three main reasons why Racial Profiling is the wrong approach to get rid of crime. These reasons are because it is a violation of our basic rights, it is considered harassment, and it is…

many people think of profiling as a technique to catch criminals. Yes, this is true; in this show the agents’ use profiling skills and tactics to determined an individuals mindset in order to catch criminals. However, criminal profiling is not the only type of profiling used by law enforcement personnel. There are a few different types of ways one can profile someone, it can be based on their ethnicity or race, nationality or even religion. Much of the time these types of profiling are used in…

DNA testing is a major flaw in the criminal justice system that can be addressed through upgrading capacity of labs and the amount of DNA the DNA database can store. Imagine being wrongfully convicted for a crime you did not do and spending years behind bars all because the justice system didn't analyze the DNA correctly. This happens to many people every year throughout the country, and there are many problems and causes with DNA identification and there needs to be a solution for it. Wrongful…

The implementation tactics of the stop and frisk policy is racially discriminatory because the number of members of the minority group stopped by a police exceeded the number of whites. Racially discriminatory enforcement of the stop and frisk policy is also a risk factor for the well-being of the society as it promotes prejudice against a certain group of individuals within the criminal justice system. As Gelam et al. (2007) raised the issue of geographic heterogeneity that was found in their…

I. Racial Profiling and Racially Biased Policing Racial Profiling has known to spread quick during this early century, although it was bad before people say that it has only got worse. However, that’s just the opinion of some and no one really knows the correct information. The best way racial profiling can be described is provided in Criminal Justice, A Brief Introduction “Discriminatory policing, said the writers, “occurs when police officers and departments unfairly enforce the law-or fail…

existed and unfortunately probably always will. People in the world still 'till this day, do evil things to keep this going. Not excusing the people for those of unjustified doings or poor choices. I truly wish that I could find a way to stop racial profiling, since I was a little girl. Wanting to figure out a way to just prevent all that is happening within in justice suffering to those who never and don't deserve it. However, that antidote seems to only come in one form now a days, that so…