Prejudice Vs Discrimination

The judicial system in America has always endured much skepticism as to whether or not there is racial profiling amongst arrests. The stop and frisk policy of the NYPD has caused much controversy and publicity since being applied because of the clear racial disparity in stops. Now the question remains; Are cops being racially biased when choosing whom to stop or are they just targeting “high crime” neighborhoods, thus choosing minorities by default? This paper will examine the history behind stop and frisk policies. Along with referenced facts about the Stop and Frisk Policy, this paper will include and discuss methods and findings of my own personal field research.

African Americans and Latinos collectively represent only 54% of New York City’s population , but they account for a much larger proportion of searches under the city’s stop-and-frisk program . In 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, African Americans and Latinos collectively accounted for

Although this study’s emphasis is on racial profiling in traffic stops, it is but one of many avenues of legal and or extralegal social control that have been shown historical bias towards blacks and racial minorities in the U.S.

The Center concluded, "Data provided by the NYPD plainly demonstrate that Black and Latino New Yorkers have a greater likelihood of being stopped-and-frisked by NYPD officers at a rate significantly disproportionate to that of White New Yorkers. That NYPD officers use physical force during stops of Blacks and Latinos at an exceedingly disproportionate rate compared to Whites who are stopped, and

Racial profiling has come to represent one of the latest challenges toward law enforcement agencies in the United States. In America, unfortunately, racial profiling occurs. For instance, NYPD officers stopped about 87 percent of the public that were either black or Latino (Geller, 2014). In addition, approximately the same percentage was not guilty of a crime. In the study by the American Journal of Public Health, young men who encounter numerous police contact or aggressive stops by the police reported that they had more trauma and anxiety symptoms than among young men who had less of these encounters with the police (Geller, 2014). This means that less aggressive invasive tactics are necessary for suspect in order to reduce the possibility

The word “prejudice” is defined as a ‘preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience’ and differs from discrimination (prejudicial behaviour) which is an outward action that arises from the prejudgments that one may make about an individual. Discriminatory/prejudicial

In Miami, Florida police officers in the early 2000’s did not report all stops correctly so once they started reporting all stops this is the information they collected. (Alpert, Dunham, Smith, 2007) They found out that Hispanics were stopped much more frequently than whites or blacks. Hispanics were pulled over 29,805 times in 2001, whites were stopped 18,360 times in 2001 and blacks were pulled over 17,701 times in 2001. In Miami it is about eighty percent white population. Then looking at the reports Hispanics

The discretionary power to decide who should be searched, arrested, prosecuted, and punished depends on the law enforcement system. Therefore, “skewed statistics, along with some dramatic instances of excess in the exercise of police authority,” suggest that the evident nature of racial disparity is the cause for the maltreatment of minorities by the policing system. Data shows that minorities such as Latinos, and Blacks specifically form a disproportionately large percentage of the people who receive punishment, and land up in jail. These consequences affect them for the rest of their lives and even impact the future status of their communities. (2) “It has long been recognized that racial disparities

Police brutality is very common in cities, such as New York, where the stop and frisk program is enforced. Innocent civilians who police believe they “fit a description” have been stopped and frisked, which has led to residents becoming frustrated with the police. Stop and frisked is a policy that allows police officers to detain and question pedestrians if they have a reasonable suspicion. In New York some of these residents have complained that not only do they feel racially profiled but the police treated them in an aggressive manner. There have been cases such as, when a student at Yale University was stopped by a police officer at gunpoint because he apparently fit a description of a burglary suspect. African American males and Hispanics feel targeted by the police in such cities. 53 percent of the stops made in 2012, were African Americans. Areas with the least stops tend to be ones

What is Prejudice ? Prejudice : is an unjustified or incorrect attitude towards an individual based solely on the individual's membership of a social group. In this particular part of West Memphis Arkansas, it was very quiet and very conservative place. They believed in southern values and they

There are several sociological theories about why prejudice, discrimination and racism exist. Prejudice and discrimination are two similar terms that deal with negative misjudgments and disrespect. Prejudice is unreasonable feelings and attitudes toward a social group based on preconceived preference without any knowledge or facts about that group’s race or ethnicity.

The impact of race on criminal justice and inequality: How much of a role does race play in the criminal justice and inequality equation? Vincent Toi Lai Lee 1001333586 October 2, 2015 Word count: 1452 For this essay topic, we will be discussing about different issues surrounding race within criminal justice and inequality; furthermore looking at the different factors and determinants that influences one’s perception of racial profiling, coming to the decision that race is not the sole factor in this problem. With so many news and incidents surrounding race and the police these days, it is not surprising for people to come to the conclusion that just because you are a certain race, you will be automatically treated differently than others, but that is not the case in reality. We will be taking a deeper look into the problem to find out what other possible determinants play a role in deciding how an officer makes an arrest or stop and continue to analyze what is happening in those contexts.

Because of recent police shootings of racial minorities, there has been an increased call for police reform and reduction of racial bias by police (Kahn, Stele, McMahon, & Stewart, 2017). Racial minorities often are disproportionately stopped by police. Because of the heightened racial tensions and life-or-death consequences, understanding racial bias in policing is important (Kahn, Stele, McMahon, & Stewart, 2017). In a case study preformed of 212 incidents that occurred in 2012 from a medium metropolitan police department, the results showed that racial discrimination was directly related to the level of resistance the suspects used (Kahn, Stele, McMahon, & Stewart, 2017). When Latino or Black suspects resisted, they received significantly more force than when White

The protocol stop, question and frisk, has been used for over 50 years, in the protocol police will detain and question pedestrians, if the police have “reasonable suspicion”, or if the pedestrian is “committed, is committing, or is about to commit a felony or a Penal Law misdemeanor” then the police can search them as well (Matthews, D.). However, throughout this time society, and law enforcement has question if the protocol is unconstitutional and supports racial profiling. Data collected between January 2004 and June 2012 supports racial profiling in police stops. During this time the city of New York conducted 4.4 million stops (Makarechi, K.). When taking a closer look at the data, 83% of the population stopped were black or Hispanic, however those minority groups only make up only half of the city’s overall population (Racial Discrimination in Stop-and-Frisk.). In fact, 83%

The causes of discrimination are having a certain preference for different groups of people. In example, preferring a man over a woman to be a president of a company, even though they are both qualified the same. Being misinformed also causes discrimination. Often, racism and prejudice cause discrimination. When an negative attitude is formed over a certain group of people, mainly the minority group. They face a social challenge, which leads to adding a denial of certain rights to a person. Although, discrimination is illegal, it happens often. Family type business, who can hire freely can cause a type of discrimination. They have the choice to hire family, verses someone who is an outsider.