Many police and security officials make judgments based on race, ethnicity, and religion. This book is the first in-depth look at racial profiling in Canada, using social science evidence, judicial decisions, media reports, and government and police documents. The work aims to foster understanding and reform by addressing why police profile, what damage it causes, and whether it is ever reasonable.
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Many police and security officials make judgments based on race, ethnicity, and religion. This book is the first in-depth look at racial profiling in Canada, using social science evidence, judicial decisions, media reports, and government and police documents. The work aims to foster understanding and reform by addressing why police profile, what damage it causes, and whether it is ever reasonable.
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Edition:
First Edition, First Printing by numberline
Publisher:
Irwin Law
Published:
2006
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16778470048
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Toronto, Irwin Law, 2006, hardcover, 268 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bump to top board edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. A study of the extent to which race, ethnicity and religion are being used as indicators of suspicion by police and security officials in Canada. Social science studies, judicial decisions, commission findings, government and police documents, personal narratives and media reports are all cited in the extensive, 83-page appended notes section. Index appended. ISBN 9781552211151
