Police Traffic Stops and Racial Profiling.Police Traffic Stops and Racial Profiling The consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin by an officer of the law in deciding when and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity. Police officers often profile certain types of individuals who are more likely to perpetrate crimes. by James T. O'Riley, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Illinois Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County. As reported in the 2000 U.S. Census, the city was home to 111,454 people. The land on which Springfield is today was first settled in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a , 2002. In Police Traffic Stops and Racial Profiling, the author provides a unique and comprehensive review of the literature, yet distills his research so that the critical information needed can be of great value to law enforcement organizations. The book's broad definition of racial profiling includes any actions "based upon racial or ethnic stereotypes and that have the effect of treating minority motorists differently than nonminority motorists." Much of this interesting and well-researched text deals with departmentwide enforcement on civil rights laws under U.S. Code A multivolume publication of the text of statutes enacted by Congress. Until 1926, the positive law for federal legislation was published in one volume of the Revised Statutes of 1875, and then in each sub-sequent volume of the statutes at large. 42, Section 14141, along with some drastic consequences for law enforcement administrators should such a decree be levied. In-depth, the author dissects the consent decree A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. section and its application to the New Jersey State Police experience. An outstanding book, it presents reviews on the evolution of traffic stops versus constitutional decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court through the more recent decades. It also addresses both sides of the issues, including what the critics have to say about the concerns of racial profiling. The book contains six critical steps proposed for law enforcement administrators to use in not violating racial profiling during traffic stops. These are supported by 20 outlined areas that can impact departmental budgets if law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). are affected by an imposed consent decree. The book design, in its distilled concept, addresses the core of issues and their responses with appropriate endnotes listed at the conclusion of each chapter. This allows the reader an easy and quick review of specific references and comments to the chapter. This book covers the necessary information for all law enforcement agencies at each level--city, county, state, and federal--that may need to address the ramifications ramifications npl → Auswirkungen pl of traffic stops and racial profiling. A major strong point about the book is a 38-page appendix, designed in an outline format. It commences with the first 5 pages of the New Jersey official joint application consent decree followed by 33 pages of the New Jersey decree concerning the state police, a crucial guide for other law enforcement administrators, managers, and first-line supervisors. In addition, the applicability of this book includes, but is not limited to, all law enforcement training academies, in-service training programs, police-civilian review boards, and fraternal orders fraternal orders, organizations whose members are usually bound by oath and who make extensive use of secret ritual in the conduct of their meetings. Most fraternal orders are limited to members of one sex, although some include both men and women. of police. Furthermore, it is recommended for policy and procedure writers, prosecutors and defense attorneys dealing with racial profiling cases, and applicable members of the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, state attorney general offices, and state legislatures. Police Traffic Stops and Racial Profiling was a distinct pleasure to read. It is well designed and written in a comparative analysis format that is understandable. Reviewed by Major Larry R. Moore (Ret.) U.S. Army Military Police Corps THIS ARTICLE IS A STUB! PLEASE HELP BY ADDING MUCH MORE INFORMATION!
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