SOC445H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Rodney King, Encounter Killings By Police, Race Matters
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Week 7: satzewich and shaffir, wortley and owusu- Racism vs. professionalism: claims and counter-claims about racial profiling- As well, that subculture provides police with a powerful and convincing deflection rhetoric to neutralize claims that the policing institution has failed to root out the racist practices of its officers. Indeed, as our data based on interviews with police officers suggest, police officials feel confident that the organization"s efforts to embrace diversity are to be applauded and that its critics should be condemned. Becker"s approach, on the other hand, while appealing, is too categorical and insufficiently recognizes that competing definitions of the situation may both be correct. Deflection strategies, discourse of denial, and alternative perspectives. Individuals who make allegations of racial profiling, or who believe that racial profiling is widespread, are simply invoking the rodney king incident in los. The usual suspects: police stop and search practices in canada- wortley and.
