{"product_id":"racial-profiling-they-stopped-me-because-im-9781032477527","title":"Racial Profiling: They Stopped Me Because I'm ------------!","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael L. Birzer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criminal Law - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany racial minority communities claim profiling occurs frequently in their neighborhoods. Police authorities, for the most part, deny that they engage in racially biased police tactics. A handful of books have been published on the topic, but they tend to offer only anecdotal reports offering little reliable insight. Few use a qualitative methodological lens to provide the context of how minority citizens experience racial profiling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRacial Profiling: They Stopped Me Because I'm ------! \u003c\/strong\u003eplaces minority citizens who believe they have been racially profiled by police authorities at the center of the data. Using primary empirical studies and extensive, in-depth interviews, the book draws on nearly two years of field research into how minorities experience racial profiling by police authorities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author interviewed more than 100 racial and ethnic minority citizens. Citing 87 of these cases, the book examines each individual case and employs a rigorous qualitative phenomenological method to develop dominant themes and determine their associated meaning. Through an exploration of these themes, we can learn: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat racial profiling is, its historical context, and how formal legal codes and public policy generally define it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe best methods of data collection and the advantages of collecting racial profiling data \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow certain challenges can prevent data collection from properly identifying racial profiling or bias-based policing practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eData analysis and methods of determining the validity of the data \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe impact of pretextual stops and the effect of \u003cem\u003eWhren v. United States\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compelling account of how minority citizens experience racial profiling and how they ascribe and give meaning to these experiences, the book provides a candid discussion of what the findings of the research mean for the police, racial minority citizens, and future racial profiling research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael L. Birzer was recently interviewed on public radio about his book, \u003cem\u003eRacial Profiling: They Stopped Me Because I'm ------!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45242288504983,"sku":"9781032477527","price":3562.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032477527.webp?v=1769231749","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/racial-profiling-they-stopped-me-because-im-9781032477527","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}