The Study of Racial Profiling
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Value of Data Collection
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Deterrence
Evaluation and Change
“Racial Profiling” by Ryan Kelly
http://www.mnartists.org/
The Study of Racial Profiling
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Methodological Limitations
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Problem of Definition
Data Collection & Measurement
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Heavy reliance on information provided by police
The Study of Racial Profiling
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Findings
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Stop-Search Disparities
Victim Reports
Race, Class, & Excessive Use of Force
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Forms of Excessive Force
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Police Brutality
Police Shootings & Killings
Is Excessive Force Ever
Warranted?
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Not linked to offending rate
Police Accountability & Innovation
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Mechanisms for Accountability
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Citizen Review Boards
Community Outreach
Innovation Controversies
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The balance between crime fighting
and community relations
 “COP”
Controversies
 “ZTP” Controversies
Policing Native Americans:
A Historical Perspective
Origins: Summer 1968
Police Brutality
Civil Liberties
 Slum Housing
 80% unemployment rate
Lack of concern regarding Indian
education.
Discriminatory welfare policies.
What events illustrate the contentious relationship
between police and Native Americans?
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Standoff at Wounded Knee (1973)
Policing Race and Class:
Other Contemporary Issues
Citizen
Satisfaction With Police
(Table 4.4
in Gabbidon & Green)
Race
& Public Opinion
Race, Class, & Citizen Satisfaction
Race, Class, Drugs, & Punishment
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Social Strain & Illegal
Drugs
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“The American Dream”
 Means
& Goals
 Isolation, Poverty, &
Survival