Hurst, Lynda,
A Critical Measure of Bias. Lynda Hurst. - Toronto Star, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 31, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: A Critical Measure of Bias, April 12, 2003; pp. A4.
"There are few more volatile issues than racial profiling by police....Determining if racial profiling exists--and when it's 'a few bad apples' or the whole institutional tree--is at the core of a rising field of social science, born in the 1990s out of a series of contentious court cases in the U.S." (TORONTO STAR) This article discusses how attempting to measure racial profiling is difficult because creating a demographic benchmark to judge against is arduous and expensive.
1522-3248;
Civil rights
Discrimination in law enforcement
Evidence
Police--Attitudes
Race discrimination
Racial profiling
Searches and seizures
AC1.S5
050
A Critical Measure of Bias. Lynda Hurst. - Toronto Star, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 31, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: A Critical Measure of Bias, April 12, 2003; pp. A4.
"There are few more volatile issues than racial profiling by police....Determining if racial profiling exists--and when it's 'a few bad apples' or the whole institutional tree--is at the core of a rising field of social science, born in the 1990s out of a series of contentious court cases in the U.S." (TORONTO STAR) This article discusses how attempting to measure racial profiling is difficult because creating a demographic benchmark to judge against is arduous and expensive.
1522-3248;
Civil rights
Discrimination in law enforcement
Evidence
Police--Attitudes
Race discrimination
Racial profiling
Searches and seizures
AC1.S5
050