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Racial Profiling Analysis 1 Whitley J. Bostick Southern New Hampshire University CJ-500-Q1161 Critical Issues in CJ System 22TW1 5-2 Milestone Two: Submit Criminal Justice Issue Analysis September 25, 2022

Racial Profiling Analysis 2 People with the authority to define crimes are the foundation of the Labeling Theory and the designation of someone as a criminal. Any opportunity a person formerly had is lost when classified as a criminal. Which ultimately might encourage the individual receiving the label to engage in threatening behavior? This idea explains why racial inequality has existed throughout history and how minorities are frequently held accountable for crimes they did not commit. Labeling theory and racial profiling are shown by the instance of a 14-year-old boy who was first given the death penalty but then discovered to be innocent 70 years later. The police were looking for someone to blame for the murder of the two white girls in this case. Think about the fact that this incident occurred in the heart of the Jim Crow South. At the time, racism was rampant. Those of color were targeted for crimes they did not commit (Bever, 2014). Regarding racial profiling, police enforcement has been observed using the labeling hypothesis. Law enforcement employs racial profiling to identify offenders based on their skin tone or accent. The issue with this tactic was that black drivers were frequently pulled over for infractions of the law resulting in the innocent questioning of numerous black drivers. Black people have also been detained for unknown nonviolent offenses. These crimes occurred because of the stops that were made for racial reasons. Racial profiling may be at odds with the community policing ideology guiding law enforcement. The goal of community policing is to lower crime rates. Blacks and Hispanics are, unfortunately, the groups that are ultimately targeted due to racial profiling (Weich & Angulo, 2019). The two main sides involved in the situation are law enforcement and minorities. Law enforcement works to deter people from committing crimes. One strategy for reducing crime that leads law enforcement to target the wrong people is racial profiling. This is when the complicated process of minorities entering the criminal justice system begins. Even when

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