CRIM 2652 Lecture Notes - Hawthorne Effect, Qualitative Property, Racial Profiling
29 Nov 2012
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Lecture #10 guest speaker: professor scot wortley on racial profiling in. Allegations of police bias in canada existed since confederation. Complaints about police discrimination esp. with the black and aboriginal communities. Over past 2 decades racial profiling" becoming esp. controversial issue. Difficult to investigate racial bias ex. bans on collection/ distribution of race-crime" stats. Police and gov. officials dismissing allegations of systemic racism. Conflation of racial profiling with other forms of racial bias. Racial profiling: racial differences in exposure to criminal justice surveillance practices. Wortley"s definition: members of certain races are subject to greater levels of cj surveillance. Undermines legitimacy of the cjs perceptions of criminal/social injustice. Contributes to youth alienation in disadvantaged areas. Negatively impacts mental heal" of minority citizens. Reduces trusts in police damaging police investigations. Qualitative data (personal interviews, community meetings, etc. ) All types of data have strengths/ weaknesses no need to use multiple methods for same issues. Statistically controlled (age, gender, education, class, immigration stats, etc. )
