Michael L. Birzer

Racial Profiling (eBook, ePUB)

They Stopped Me Because I'm ------------!

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 241
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466588721
• Artikelnr.: 39288984

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Stylin' n' Profilin'. Purpose of the Book. The Cambridge Incident. Scope of
the Problem. Defining Racial Profiling. Experience Is Powerful. Putting
Racial Profiling into Context. . A History of Disparate Treatment. The War
on Drugs. What about Congress, Data Collection, and the Court?
Congressional Mandates. Police Stop Data. Data Collection Methods. Did the
Supreme Court Sanction Racial Profiling? Would Have, Could Have, Should
Have. Phenomenology as Method in Racial Profiling Research. Framing the
Study. Alternative Epistemology. The Paradigm Divide. Qualitative Research.
Phenomenology. Selecting Participants. Treatment of Data. Experiencing
Racial Profiling. Constructing the Stop. Coercion and Appearance. Unifying
Experience. Berry's Story. Trusting the Data. Validity. Reliability.
Trustworthiness. Interview Memo. Striking Revelations. Global Conclusions.
Striking Revelations. Where Do We Go From Here? Implications for Police
Practice. Implications for Citizens. Implications for Research. The White
Male Researcher. Index.