Racial profiling : eliminating the confusion between racial and criminal profiling and clarifying what constitutes unfair discrimination and persecution / by Darin D. Fredrickson and Raymond P. Siljander ; with forewords by Loretta Jacobs-Schwartz, Stephen M. Hennessy, Dennis A. Garrett.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index.

Foreword / Loretta Jacobs-Schwartz -- Foreword / Stephen M. Hennessey -- Foreword / Dennis A. Garrett -- Preface -- Section 1. Profiling. Chap. 1. Introduction -- Chap. 2. Criminal profiling (police profiling practices) -- Chap. 3. Fair treatment policies and equal protection -- Section 2. Cultural awareness. Chap. 4. Understanding social classes and cultures -- Chap. 5. Deviancy, outsiders, and discrimination -- Chap. 6. Cultural awareness -- Appendix 1. A hobo king's perception of gypsies -- Appendix 2. War Chief Joseph's speech in Washington, D.C. -- Bibliography -- Index.

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This book was written to eliminate confusion regarding what has come to be called racial profiling by clarifying the legitimate law enforcement practice of criminal profiling, and by clarifying what constitutes unfair discrimination, and persecution. This book was written to benefit sociology students, law enforcement officers, and anyone else in a position to be concerned with, or affected by, the profiling issue. Police administrators, judges, and legislators, must adequately understand the topics and their many ramifications if they are to make decisions that are based on fact rather than s.

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