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" A policeman who concentrates a disproportionate amount of his limited time and resources on young black men is going to uncover far more crimes — and therefore be far more successful in his career than one who biases his attention to, say, middle-aged... "
Being a Black Man: At the Corner of Progress and Peril - Page 11
by Kevin Merida - 2007 - 384 pages
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S. 989, the End Racial Profiling Act of 2001: Hearing Before the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights - Discrimination in law enforcement - 2002 - 140 pages
...course of action. What we seek to avoid, they pursue. They do this for reasons of simple efficiency. A policeman who concentrates a disproportionate amount...resources on young black men is going to uncover far more crimes-and therefore be far more successful in his career than one who biases his attention toward,...
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Against Prediction: Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial Age

Bernard E. Harcourt - Social Science - 2008 - 264 pages
...Derbyshire, for instance, also focuses narrowly on the police officer trying to maximize his arrests: "A policeman who concentrates a disproportionate amount...biases his attention to, say, middle-aged Asian women" (2001, 39; emphasis added). See also Will 2001 (attributing disproportion in stops of minority motorists...
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