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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154323903321

Autore

Glaser Jack

Titolo

Suspect race : causes and consequences of racial profiling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-025305-3

0-19-022105-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

363.2/308900973

363.2308900973

Soggetti

Racial profiling in law enforcement - United States

Stereotypes (Social psychology) - United States

Race discrimination - United States

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is racial profiling? -- Racial profiling is real -- Causes of racial profiling -- Unintentional causes of profiling: what's under the attitude iceberg? -- The effects of racial profiling: benefits and costs -- Flying while Arab: racial profiling in counterterrorism -- The policy landscape -- You are not a "racist": destigmatizing stereotyping and profiling.

Sommario/riassunto

Social psychologist and public policy expert Jack Glaser unpicks a century's worth of social psychological research to provide a clear understanding of how stereotypes, even those operating outside of conscious awareness or control, can cause police to make discriminatory judgments and decisions about whom to suspect, stop, question, search, use force on, and arrest. Glaser argues that stereotyping, even non-conscious stereotyping, is a completely normal human mental process, but that it leads to undesirable discriminatory outcomes.