Good Cop, Bad Cop
Subtitle: Racial Profiling and Competing Views of Justice in America (Studies in Crime and Punishment, V. 10.)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: July 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780820458298
Subjects: Social Science; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Racial profiling in law enforc; Discrimination in criminal jus; United States; Sociology; Racial profiling in law enforcement; General; Discrimination & Racism; Crime and race; Discrimination in criminal justice administration
Description: "Good Cop, Bad Cap looks at the rise of racial profiling, one of the most important and hotly debated topics to criminal justice, and traces its development from its origins in criminal profiling, through the use of profiles in drug trafficking prevention efforts in airports and on the U.S. highways, until it became synonymous with racial discrimination by law enforcement. The authors draw upon an extensive body of primary sources, social science literature, and court cases to examine how law enforcement, legislators, and the courts have handled racial profiling. They also review the debate over racial profiling, offering arguments made by its opponents and defenders before and after the events of September 11 and describe its development as both a legal and a cultural concept."--Jacket.