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RACIAL PROFILING VERSUS BEHAVIORAL PROFILING

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Abstract

The topic that I choose to discuss as my final paper is Racial Profiling versus Behavioral

Profiling. The reason for choosing this topic is because it is one of the most popular topics in

Criminal Justice, and it is also something we face daily in our soci

ety. Racial Profiling is a

discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of

crime based on the individual’s race, ethnicity, religion and national origin.

Behavioral Profiling

is the process of observing, anti

cipating, and interpreting a specific behavior. The main

issues at

hand with these two are

they’re happening around us each and every day in some form or

fashion. Now that we now the difference between the two, let’s look at a brief description of the

two

. Racial profiling deals with a law enforcement official stopping and or searching a vehicle as

well as the driver based on the individuals race. Rather than look

ing at the violation of the law,

the official looks at the suspicion of the individual. Behavi

oral profiling deals heavily from

cognitive psychology and often, on the personal experiences with a previous crime and the

subjective interpretation of the profiler.

This topic is related to the learning outcomes outlined in

this syllabus because this is

one of the strongest topics in the criminal justice field. It is also

related to criminal justice because it focuses on the outlook of what goes on in society daily. This

has been an issue throughout history and it continues to happen each and every day.