Sociology 2253A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Shoplifting
12 Oct 2016
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Bias-free policing: the requirement that police officers make decisions based on reasonable suspicion or probable grounds rather than stereotypes about race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or other prohibited grounds. Discrimination: making a distinction in favour of or against a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit. Racial profiling: targeting of individual members of a particular racial group on the basis of the supposed criminal propensity of the entire group i. e. police carding. ~ police stopping individuals and gather personal data (whether they"re a criminal or not) and info is entered into database and used by the police. ~ between 2008-2012- 1. 8 million cards filled out and disproportionate amount where young, black males (violation of charter rights) ~ starting in jan 1 of 2017, race is prohibited from being an officer"s reason for questioning someone.
