LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Procedural Justice, Racial Profiling, Offender Profiling
24 Jan 2017
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In canada, the difference between police and general population diversity is significant. It is a key fa(cid:272)tor, (cid:271)ut (cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:859)t sol(cid:448)e all pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s: the police culture is one of unity and out-group prejudice. This will likely come before personal prejudice: adding diversity into an already problematic culture will create more problematic police officers. Criminal profiling becomes racial profiling when those characteristics include race, ethnicity, nationality or religion. (cid:858) a(cid:374)(cid:272)tuary (cid:272)ities(cid:859: cities in which illegal immigrants are allowed certain leeways. Creates a level of trust between immigrants and police. Behavior of officials (judges, law enforcement) needs to be free from bias because stereotyping is unlikely to change. What can be done: person determining violation of law/code of conduct should not have invested interests and should be wholly independent. (cid:862)this is a (cid:272)ourt of la(cid:449), you(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:374), (cid:374)ot a (cid:272)ourt of justi(cid:272)e(cid:863) oliver wendell holmes: justice is personal, indeterminate, subjective. There is no actual definition of justice.
