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What is racial profiling? Why has it become a significant issue in policing today?(class:criminal justice}
RACIAL PROFILING:
It is a subjective behavior of policemen. While taking actions or doing investigations on crimes, policemen focuses on criminal's religion, ethnicity,national origin rather than focusing on crime or illegal act done by him.
Why has it become a significant issue in policing today?
It is became as a significant issue in policing today. If policemen like the criminal's religion or ethnicity. Criminal can easily escape from the case with the help of police eventhough he did the crime. If policemen dislike the person's religion or ethnicity , Then person face many problems eventhough he is innocent. In this way justice will misleaded. In this way racial profiling became a significant issue in policing today.
Effects of Racial profiling?
1.Public will lose trust on police system.
2.Some communities takes this as advantage and represses other communities.
3.People will feel insecurity and they don't respect the police system.
4.Justice will be damaged.