In law enforcement, a profile is a set of general characteristics and features that are defined as being suspicious. For example, if a series of bank robberies occur involving young men in leather jackets, neighborhood police may profile young men in...

The police practice of using race as a factor in determining actions such as traffic stops, arrests, and questioning of...

"Profiles," formal and informal, are common in law enforcement, particularly in narcotics law enforcement. They consist of general characteristics and features that might make a law enforcement officer suspicious. In some instances, law...

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RACIAL PROFILING Very serious problem must be addressed Saturday, March 31, 2001 As a lifelong resident of Milwaukee's so-called inner city, I was encouraged by the March 24 article "The long arm of racial profiling." The Wisconsin Chiefs of Police Association...

A challenge for American policing Whether the concept of racially motivated policing is accepted as real or perceived, it is a problem that must be addressed. So how should law enforcement deal with it? Do we need a new law? Congressman John...

An Illinois congressman said he was a victim of racial profiling when police gave him a traffic ticket alleging he swerved over the center line.U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, who is black, said he will go to traffic court to challenge the $75 ticket given to...

A black congressman who claims he was racially profiled by Chicago police last month pushed for legislation Thursday that would ban the practice.Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., called racial profiling "one of the most sinister issues that exists in American life."In November, two white officers pulled...

APA/Abstract: A vast number of African American motorists are stopped on highways for traffic violations than any other race, creating evidence that officers engage in a practice of targeting black motorists using an alleged traffic violation as a pretext to make a stop. The problem with racial profiling stems from our differences in the way people think about other races causing racial discrimination against another's race, and creates strife and loss of trust between African Americans, minorities and the

Racial profiling, law enforcement questioning people mostly because of their race, and why the practice is based on often faulty premises.

Discusses different aspects of racial profiling.