Racial profiling /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Current controversiesPublisher: Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]Description: 181 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780737772234
  • 0737772239
  • 9780737772241
  • 0737772247
Uniform titles:
  • Racial profiling (2015)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.2/3/089 23
  • 363.2 15
LOC classification:
  • HV7936.R3 R36 2015
Contents:
1. Is racial profiling a problem? How the hunt for bin Laden made US Muslims and immigrants threats / Seth Freed Wessler -- Racial profiling is being used in immigration checks / Aura Bogado -- Racial profiling is a rational response to information / Walter E. Williams -- Racial disparities in police activity do not indicate racial profiling / Heather Mac Donald -- Profiling on steroids / John F. McManus -- 2. Should Arab Muslims be profiled in the war on terror? Overview: Perceptions of racial profiling by Muslim Americans / Pew Research Center -- Airport security : let's profile Muslims / Asra Q. Nomani -- Concerns about racial profiling should not inhibit terrorist surveillance / Richard A. Epstein -- Spooked by the underwear bomber : instead of body scanners and ethnic profiling we need patience and resilience to tackle terrorism / Mehdi Hasan -- Racial profiling is ineffective in catching terrorists / Elahe Izadi -- Racial profiling in the war on terror leads to dangerous practices / Center for Human Rights and Global Justice -- 3. What are the causes and consequences of racial profiling? Trayvon Martin : confronting the problem of enduring racism / Doug Bandow -- A trial in black and white / Kevin Alexander Gray -- Justice for the system : there is no institutional racism in our courts and police stations / Ian Tuttle -- Racial profiling in America is part of systemic racism / Gary Younge -- We are all Juan Williams : associating minorities with crime is irrational, unjust, and completely normal / Shankar Vedantam -- Racial profiling may increase crime among those not profiled / Eric Horowitz -- 4. What should be done about racial profiling? Racism against young African American men needs to be addressed / Barack Obama -- Facing facts about race / Victor Davis Hanson -- There is a need for the End Racial Profiling Act / Benjamin L. Cardin -- There is no need for the End Racial Profiling Act / Roger Clegg -- Proposed prohibitions on racial profiling will hinder law enforcement / Linda Chavez.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Is racial profiling a problem? How the hunt for bin Laden made US Muslims and immigrants threats / Seth Freed Wessler -- Racial profiling is being used in immigration checks / Aura Bogado -- Racial profiling is a rational response to information / Walter E. Williams -- Racial disparities in police activity do not indicate racial profiling / Heather Mac Donald -- Profiling on steroids / John F. McManus -- 2. Should Arab Muslims be profiled in the war on terror? Overview: Perceptions of racial profiling by Muslim Americans / Pew Research Center -- Airport security : let's profile Muslims / Asra Q. Nomani -- Concerns about racial profiling should not inhibit terrorist surveillance / Richard A. Epstein -- Spooked by the underwear bomber : instead of body scanners and ethnic profiling we need patience and resilience to tackle terrorism / Mehdi Hasan -- Racial profiling is ineffective in catching terrorists / Elahe Izadi -- Racial profiling in the war on terror leads to dangerous practices / Center for Human Rights and Global Justice -- 3. What are the causes and consequences of racial profiling? Trayvon Martin : confronting the problem of enduring racism / Doug Bandow -- A trial in black and white / Kevin Alexander Gray -- Justice for the system : there is no institutional racism in our courts and police stations / Ian Tuttle -- Racial profiling in America is part of systemic racism / Gary Younge -- We are all Juan Williams : associating minorities with crime is irrational, unjust, and completely normal / Shankar Vedantam -- Racial profiling may increase crime among those not profiled / Eric Horowitz -- 4. What should be done about racial profiling? Racism against young African American men needs to be addressed / Barack Obama -- Facing facts about race / Victor Davis Hanson -- There is a need for the End Racial Profiling Act / Benjamin L. Cardin -- There is no need for the End Racial Profiling Act / Roger Clegg -- Proposed prohibitions on racial profiling will hinder law enforcement / Linda Chavez.

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