SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tokenism, Holland College, Visible Minority

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory test (mmpi and mmpi 2) tests predict behavioural and attitudinal problems (sellbom et al. Well trained officer scouring data images; cpic check, credit history, social today: your data image media profiles, evaluating your presentation of self in the digital world risk management (officers = assets and liabilities) Pressure to recruit visible minorities and women. Police should reflect the population/community that they are in the greater degree to which they mirror the population, the more likely you are to have good relations with those communities in 2013, 9% of police were visible minority. Approximately 20% of canadian population is considered visible minority in 2013, 20% of police were female. Challenges for diversity competition for minority/female recruits visible minorities and culture of mistrust (cao 2011) Afraid of being marginalized within their communities for becoming a cop friends and family give you cold shoulder, accuse you of selling out.