- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Overview
- Introduction to Part I
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Chapter 1 A Sketch of the Policeman’s Working Personality -
Chapter 2 Driving While Black -
Chapter 3 The Stories, the Statistics, and the Law -
Chapter 4 Legitimacy and Cooperation -
Chapter 5 Race and Policing in Different Ecological Contexts -
Chapter 6 Racially Biased Policing - Introduction to Part II
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Chapter 7 Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing -
Chapter 8 Using Geographic Information Systems to Study Race, Crime, and Policing -
Chapter 9 Beyond Stop Rates -
Chapter 10 State of the Science in Racial Profiling Research - Introduction to Part III
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Chapter 11 Driving While Black -
Chapter 12 Citizens’ Demeanor, Race, and Traffic Stops -
Chapter 13 Street Stops and Broken Windows Revisited -
Chapter 14 Community Characteristics and Police Search Rates -
Chapter 15 Blind Justice -
Chapter 16 Race, Bias, and Police Use of the TASER - Introduction to Part IV
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Chapter 17 Space, Place, and Immigration -
Chapter 18 Revisiting the Role of Latinos and Immigrants in Police Research -
Chapter 19 New Avenues for Profiling and Bias Research -
Chapter 20 Preventing Racially Biased Policing through Internal and External Controls -
Chapter 21 Democratic Policing -
Chapter 22 Moving Beyond Profiling - About the Contributors
- Index
State of the Science in Racial Profiling Research
State of the Science in Racial Profiling Research
Substantive and Methodological Considerations
- Chapter:
- (p.239) Chapter 10 State of the Science in Racial Profiling Research
- Source:
- Race, Ethnicity, and Policing
- Author(s):
Meaghan Paulhamus
Robert J. Kane
Alex R. Piquero
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
This chapter reviews substantive issues related to racially biased policing, and discusses how those issues complicate the definition and measurement of the phenomena. In particular, it points to the notion of the “symbolic assailant” and drug courier profiles associated with the “war on drugs” as early predecessors of the racial profiling problem. It also notes that rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court—particularly in Terry v. Ohio and Whren v. United States—provided the legislative foundations of police profiling. The chapter ends by suggesting the scrapping of the term “racial profiling” in favor of the term “differential stops,” as the latter allows researchers to begin from a neutral and objective position.
Keywords: racially biased policing, symbolic assailant, drug courier profiles, war on drugs, racial profiling, U.S. Supreme Court, Terry v. Ohio, Whren v. United States, differential stops
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- Title Pages
- Introduction
- Overview
- Introduction to Part I
-
Chapter 1 A Sketch of the Policeman’s Working Personality -
Chapter 2 Driving While Black -
Chapter 3 The Stories, the Statistics, and the Law -
Chapter 4 Legitimacy and Cooperation -
Chapter 5 Race and Policing in Different Ecological Contexts -
Chapter 6 Racially Biased Policing - Introduction to Part II
-
Chapter 7 Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing -
Chapter 8 Using Geographic Information Systems to Study Race, Crime, and Policing -
Chapter 9 Beyond Stop Rates -
Chapter 10 State of the Science in Racial Profiling Research - Introduction to Part III
-
Chapter 11 Driving While Black -
Chapter 12 Citizens’ Demeanor, Race, and Traffic Stops -
Chapter 13 Street Stops and Broken Windows Revisited -
Chapter 14 Community Characteristics and Police Search Rates -
Chapter 15 Blind Justice -
Chapter 16 Race, Bias, and Police Use of the TASER - Introduction to Part IV
-
Chapter 17 Space, Place, and Immigration -
Chapter 18 Revisiting the Role of Latinos and Immigrants in Police Research -
Chapter 19 New Avenues for Profiling and Bias Research -
Chapter 20 Preventing Racially Biased Policing through Internal and External Controls -
Chapter 21 Democratic Policing -
Chapter 22 Moving Beyond Profiling - About the Contributors
- Index
