This classification makes sense because if crime is caused by terrorists; terrorist will cause crimes. If the majority of minorities are in prisons, then people of color will end up in prison. On the opposing side of racial profiling, many minorities feel that it is a form of racial discrimination that only hurts the good image law enforcement upholds. For example, the California Highway Patrol has recently been taken to court for the misuse of racial profiling. Therefore, a compromise must be made because it would be ideological to believe that there can be a government that bans the use of racial identification.
These hoaxes amplify society’s image of the criminalblackman. These white-on-black racial hoaxes are often times believed immediately because society finds it highly likely that a black person did indeed commit the crime. Often times the perpetrators of these racial hoaxes are only charged with filing a false police report, if any charges are brought at all. In the event the perpetrator is charged with the crime they are trying to cover up, it is less likely that any additional charges will be filed for the hoax since they are already being charged with the more serious crime. Typically there is not amends of any kind made to the person or the community that has been affected by the hoax; not even a simple apology.
Racial Profiling Racism unfortunately has been a huge part of our nations history, and racial profiling stems from this racist history. “Racial profiling is the police practice of focusing on members of particular race groups for extra surveillance. The most common example of racial profiling is traffic stops of young, Black men, and it appears to be most commonly employed as a drug-trafficking interdiction strategy” (Glaser 2006, 396). Some law enforcement claim that racial profiling serves a legitimate purpose in protecting security, but in my opinion all it does is cause an unproportional amount of minorities; mainly Black males, to be incarcerated. Racial profiling does exist, and I believe is quite prevalent, whether it’s a Black male being pulled over for no apparent reason, or someone of Middle-Eastern descent being “randomly” checked at an airport, racial profiling is definitely used.
By reading the principal’s speech, Richard was saying what the white power wanted him to say and to Richard this would be giving in to the very thing he hated so much. Richard was willing to leave school without a diploma instead of this. White people alienated Richard from his environment because he did not accept the way of life that other black people did. Richard’s relatives never understood Richard and because of this he was alienated from his family and his own people. Shorty is the young black boy who gets beat by the white people and jokes about it.
Sociology research paper 11/15/2011 Crime and Deviance Crime and Deviance affects our society in a variety of ways positively and negatively. In society today crime and deviance is looked upon as bad people with no sense of caring or following the norms in our society. Gangs are the most relevant forms of deviance and crime. They are looked upon as worthless, dangerous, and uncaring people. Most of the time people do not understand gang members but look at them automatically as corrupt people.
They think that they system has it in for them and is biased to their ethnicity. That is just one end of the spectrum then we have the people who feel they are being treated no matter what the race. However the people who argue that the system is fair regardless make the comment that its sad to say but the minorities are the ones who are causing the most havoc. They do point out that a main reason for this is the socioeconomic status of a lot of minorities in the United States. They are having a hard time just getting by because they are living in poverty, unemployment, dysfunctional family life and no structure to their everyday life.
A "profile" is a coherent set of facts - known conditions and observable behavior that indicate a particular individual may be engaged in criminal activity. The technique of "profiling" is a well-known and long-standing law enforcement tactic. In fact racial profiling can make us less safe. Multiple studies have shown that when police focus on factors such as race, they tend to pay less attention to actual criminal behavior. This is a dangerous trend that can inhibit effective law enforcement and ultimately endanger the lives of all persons who depend on law enforcement for protection.
Corrupt police officers are dishonest and a disgrace to the entire police enforcement. A good example of corruption is racial profiling. The Houston Police Department (2013) stated, “Racial profiling is any law enforcement-initiated action based on an individual’s race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on the individual’s behavior or information identifying the individual as having engaged in criminal activity.” This type of behavior from police officers or any other type of law enforcer is not uncommon. Since most people think that police officers are there to protect and maintain the law, the people that are discriminated against have no idea how to handle such situations. According to a reporter from the New Jersey Public Radio, Sally Herships (2013), “Terence Jones, a stay at home dad, who was driving home to New Jersey after dropping off his son in Philadelphia.
The attacks motivated by religious bias could have been the same as the racial which is simple attacks anywhere to murder. The only reason that comes to mind as to why someone would commit such a crime would be because of the unknown. ("The FBI Federal Bureau Of Investigation", 2012) The last two types of crimes are against the Ethnicity/National origin bias and Disabilities bias. Ethnicity/National origin crimes were a total of 822 with 59.4 percent was anti-Hispanic and 40.6 percent anti-other ethnicity national origin. Disabilities bias was a total of 102 which 82 offenses were anti-mental disabilities and 20 were anti-physical disabilities.
Personal Criminological Theory Crime has been and is a huge problem in the United States of America. Crime is believed to an indication of social problems within the United States. It can be said that criminals commit crimes for many different reasons. Take for example people choose to commit crime as a result of peer pressure, jealousy, money, love, and economical reasons. I have concluded that substance abuse is a huge contributor to crimes being committed.