Race, Police and the Community

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer looks at a panel discussion held at Harvard University in December 2000 concerning thoughts on racial profiling. The writer explains that the panel discussion on the issue of racial profiling involved a question and answer forum wherein students and audience members could pose questions to the panel for answer and address. Included in this paper is a summary of each question posed to the panel; the redress by the panel, and finally a summary of the Team C's reaction to the panel discussion on racial profiling. The writer notes that after reviewing the discussion and seeing the evidence presented the team agrees racial profiling is a problem within the law enforcement community. The writer concludes that hopefully, further education will change the future of law enforcement practices.

Outline:
Panel Question One
Panel Question Two
Panel Question Three
Panel Question Four
Panel Question Five
Team Reaction Panel Questions One Through Five
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The first question was posed by a woman whose question is barely audible. Judging from the answer provided the panelist, it seems that her question concerned, whether or not, during data collection, age and gender played a role in racial discrimination.
"According to the panelist, Andrew Celli, it was hypothesized, through perceptions of community, that young Latino and African American males were more likely to be stopped at certain situation(s). The study, completed in New York, found that age distribution across races was about the same. There was; however a difference between day time and night time, more activity was going on at night. Age and Gender were not found to be fairly indicative of anything and to be fairly consistent across races."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Harvard Law School. (2000, December 7 - 9). Race, Police and the Community. [Panel Discussion]. http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/cji/rpcconf/

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