Racial Profiling - Birzer, Michael L
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Using primary empirical studies and extensive, in-depth interviews, this volume draws on nearly two years of field research into how minorities experience racial profiling by police authorities. The book examines what racial profiling is, its historical context, and how formal legal codes and public policy generally define it. It discusses the best methods of data collection, the advantages of collecting racial profiling data, data analysis, and methods of determining the validity of the data. The author also explores the impact of pretextual stops and the effect of Whren v. United States.

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Using primary empirical studies and extensive, in-depth interviews, this volume draws on nearly two years of field research into how minorities experience racial profiling by police authorities. The book examines what racial profiling is, its historical context, and how formal legal codes and public policy generally define it. It discusses the best methods of data collection, the advantages of collecting racial profiling data, data analysis, and methods of determining the validity of the data. The author also explores the impact of pretextual stops and the effect of Whren v. United States.
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Michael L. Birzer is the Director of the School of Community Affairs and a professor of criminal justice at Wichita State University. He was recently named a Leadership Fellow at his university. Professor Birzer's research interests include the intersection of race and the criminal justice system, police behavior and policy, and criminal justice training and education strategies. He is the author or co-author of eight books in such areas as policing, private security, and criminology. Prior to academia, he served more than 18 years with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department in Wichita where he worked in a wide variety of patrol, investigative, supervisory, and management positions.