Sociology 2253A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Racial Profiling, Crime Prevention, Intersectionality

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2253A/B
• Professor: Peter Chimbos

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Criminal justice november 28th 2019 guest speaker (prof at western) Racial appropriation occurs when proxies of race (nose, lips, skin) are used by police as a basis for criminal suspicion. Racial profiling isbased on a generalziation of meanings associated w physical appearance. Differences in policing if you are white or if you are black. Profiling is the process of suspecting, arresting, intimidating, assaulting, ect someone based on a statistical profile on the person s race. The lower your class, the more likely you are to be treated poorly by police.