SOC263H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Inequality, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Food Security
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Broad definition: detain or arrest a person soley on the basis of their ethnic background or race. Narrow definition: the use of race or ethnicity along with other factors, such as suspicious behaviour. Profiling has been advocated in order to target investigative efforts, but bit as a reason for final decisions, such as to prove guilt in a criminal proceeding or to deny persons admission to canada. American racial profiling such as officer stop a vehicle for traffic reasons and search the persons car for drugs b/c of being black or. Africans stopped and are subject to higher scrutiny at the pearson airport. E. g. profiling at the border, with respect to the degree of scrutiny that travelers be they citizens, or when they enter canada. E. g. profiling by security officers as they board domestic international flights. Individuals should not be judged on the basis of presumed group characteristics, but rather on the basis of their individual traits.
