SOCL 3371 Chapter : Notes 10
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Mechanisms of racial bias: what are the 4 mechanisms that warren and colleagues theorize could produce racial bias, racial profiling, deployment, cognitive bias and stereotyping, prejudice and racial animus. Increased stops may not be the result of a racial bias process in vehicle stops but may be unintentional due to the heightened activity in these neighborhoods. Why or why not: unable to fully know the mechanism producing these findings, but warren and colleagues suggest several mechanisms that may account for their findings. Without regard to the usual rules: the types of police corruption that the public thinks about has generally declined over the years: Brutality and economic corruption: knapp commission (1972): nypd patrolman frank serpico. Grass eaters : petty corruption under peer pressure, accept gratuities and solicit payments from business owners and citizens but do not pursue corruption payments, widespread, used to prove loyalty and brotherhood.
