The Necessity to Swap Ethnic Profiling for Behavioral...

Humanity has always strived to become more â€Å"civilized†. Whether it was the manipulation of fire, the domestication of animals, the invention of electricity or the exploration of space, the goal has always been to become more advanced than our predecessors. We think of â€Å"civilization† as the opposite of â€Å"brutality† and we associate the former with peace and the latter with violence. For this reason, we are unable to deem a race that has walked on the moon as a â€Å"violent† race. However, â€Å"civilization† doesn’t abolish violence it simply removes the individual’s right to be violent and bestows it into the hands of a separate entity (like the military). (Lancaster) Historically, civilization has demonstrated the greatest degree of violence†¦show more content†¦For this reason, ethnic profiling should carry less weight in the decision making of law enforcement agents and in the realm of criminal justice. In turn, the criminal justice system should promote the use behavioral profiling, a more effective alternative with a lesser rate of wrongful arrests. There is no scientific proof that links crime and race. In fact, most psychologists admit that ethnic profiling is not scientifically reliable. (Boylan) Nevertheless, no one has attempted to eradicate it until recently. This is because America’s imprisonment rates were not rising at an alarming rate until a couple of decades ago. Now that hyper incarceration is a problem experts have begun searching for its root, and ethnic profiling has surfaced as a probable cause of hyper incarceration. When you analyses the inner-workings of racial profiling you find a direct correlation between the impact of ethnic profiling and the anxiety levels of the population. In other words, as people become more scared the likelihood that they will perform or tolerate racial profiling increases. Fear and violence go hand in hand, and the 50’s and 60’s left America trembling with fear. During this period we observed the height of the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. Apparently, the threat of communism and the empowerment of blacks turned out to be a poor combinationShow MoreRelatedService Gap in Airline Industry27895 Words   |  112 Pages.................................................................................................................46 RESEARCH RESULTS .................................................................................................48 Respondents Profiling .....................................................................................................49 Analysis and Discussion .................................................................................................52 Service Process RevisedRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall39316 4 Words   |  1573 PagesDilemma Pitfalls of E-Mail 361 Case Incident 1 Using Social Media to Your Advantage 362 Case Incident 2 Should Companies That Fire Shoot First? 362 12 Leadership 367 What Is Leadership? 368 Trait Theories 369 Behavioral Theories 370 Summary of Trait Theories and Behavioral Theories 372 Contingency Theories 372 The Fiedler Model 373 †¢ Other Contingency Theories 375 Leader–Member Exchange (LMX) Theory 377 Charismatic Leadership and Transformational Leadership 379 Charismatic Leadership 379Read MoreStrategic Marketing Management337596 Words   |  1351 Pagesorientation becoming far more widespread. This would mean that marketing would no longer be the isolated concern of a few people, but of staff throughout the business. Thus: organization may contribute to creating a superior customer value is a necessity if the entire organization is to become market responsive. In a fast changing market environment, such an appreciation can make the difference between success and failure. (Kashani, 1996, p. 9) Assuming changes such as these are made, the sorts of