Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-284) and index.
Review
"This thoughtful and scrupulous analysis of racial profiling's history, uses and ultimate failure as a measure for crime prevention takes on even deeper meaning following September 11....This book lays some of the groundwork for post-September 11 books on profiling that are sure to come, and is rock solid on specifics that remain disturbing." Publishers Weekly
Review
"Harris makes his case powerfully in this well-reasoned and easily understood work." Library Journal
Synopsis
Racial profiling--as practiced by police officers, highway troopers, and customs officials--has become one of America's most explosive public issues. In this myth-busting book, David Harris reveals that the data collected by law-enforcement agencies themselves on racial profiling makes the case against it.
Table of Contents
Profiles in injustice : American life under the regime of racial profiling --Profiling past and present, and high-discretion police tactics --Profiling unmasked : from criminal profiling to racial profiling --Hard numbers : why racial profiling doesn't add up --Costs of racial profiling : casualties and collateral damage --It's not just driving while Black : how profiling affects Latinos, Asians, and Arabs --Meeting the challenge of racial profiling --Case study : how one police agency changed for the better --Racial profiling after September 11, 2001 : new reality, same problems --Self-fulfilling prophecy and the future.