SOC 3750 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hypermasculinity, Visible Minority, Tenser
3 Nov 2016
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Importance of survey data in lieu of this. A racial disparity exists: undermines police/minority relations, increases tensions during police/minority encounters. Lose sense of respect for officersin turn this makes the encounters tenser because officer frustrations are elevated when respect isn"t shown and it becomes a circular effect. Symbolic assailant schemas are learned through personal and vicarious experience (storytelling, learning through experiences of others) So what generates that suspicion: only race = racial profiling, race and/or other factors = criminal profiling. Academic research appears to suggest police racially profile: race remains significant predictor after controlling for: And more : the presence of profiling remains. Satzewich and shaffir (2009) hamilton police dept. Acknowledge criminal profiling: profile that goes beyond race (behaviour, time of day, appearance, location, etc. , part of being a good police officer, race is really only one of several factors the police will look for .
