dc.contributor.author	Bard, Branville G., Jr.
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2021-08-27T18:51:47Z
dc.date.available	2021-08-27T18:51:47Z
dc.date.issued	2014-05
dc.identifier.other	1110912B-84BF-F2A7-448E-A1F489C4A828	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5003
dc.description.abstract	Racial profiling has been studied, analyzed, and been the subject of policy formulation for some period of time now; the assessment conducted herein yielded interesting and informative data on the subject of ‘Racial Profiling’ and seeks to contribute further to policy formulation both at the jurisdictional and agency levels. Historically, methods that have been developed to determine the existence of racial profiling have been used to prove discriminatory intent injudicial settings and as such, have been characterized by the heavy use of advanced statistical methods. However, Court rulings, particularly the Whren (1996) decision, has made proving discriminatory intent a nearly insurmountable hurdle. The primary purpose of this study was to examine police commanders’ perceptions as to the usefulness of an easier to understand tool to determine the existence of racial profiling. This study does not seek to divorce statistics from the process; however, the underlying thought process is that those with the most cause to use and discuss racial profiling, do not fully understand the statistically complex methodologies currently in use. The study revealed that a decided majority of police commanders affirmed the usefulness of an easier to understand tool to determine the existence of racial profiling. Specifically, police commanders indicated that they do not believe that the complex methodologies are easily understood by themselves, their Law Enforcement Officer (L.E.O.) counterparts, or community stakeholders. As a result the researcher develops this more practical, easier to understand method of determining racial profiling. The researcher also sets forth a framework, consisting of a multi-pronged approach designed to eradicate racial profiling at the agency level by, among other things, establishing a watchdog-like entity and assigning individual officers a racial profiling statistic.	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	I. INTRODUCTION 1 -- Study Overview 2 -- Contemporary Issues and the Continued Relevance of Studying 3 -- Immigration 5 -- Stop-and-Frisk 9 -- Present Study 12 -- Project Objectives 14 -- Research Questions 15 -- Summary 16 -- II. LITERATURE REVIEW 19 -- Definition 20 -- Discussion 23 -- How Racial Profiling Affects Police-Community Relations 25 -- How, Whren, and Why Stats Still Heavy Handed 30 -- Common Problems Associated with Measurements 36 -- The Benchmarking problem 37 -- The Aggregate Problem 40 -- Existing Methods 44 -- Knowles, Persico and Todd (KPT) 49 -- Veil of Darkness 51 -- Propensity Scores 54 -- Reason, Results, Duration Rationale 56 -- Summary 59 -- III. METHODOLOGY 61 -- Research Objectives 62 -- Research Questions 63 -- Hypotheses 64 -- Study Measures/Instrumentation 66 -- Sample and Participants 67 -- Procedures and Statistical Analyses 69 -- Study Limitations 71 -- Summary 72 -- IV. FINDINGS 74 -- Respondents 76 -- Respondent’s Agencies 83 -- Research Questions 89 -- Hypotheses 102 -- Summary 109 -- V. DISCUSSION 111 -- Research Question Outcomes 112 -- Recommendations 118 -- Multipronged Approach 121 -- Establishment of Stop-and-Frisk Procedures 122 -- Establishment of Watchdog-Like Entity 125 -- Implementation of Reason, Result, Duration Model 131 -- Implications for Public Policy 145 -- Future Research Needs 147 -- Conclusion 150 -- REFERENCES 152 -- Appendix A: Other Tables 173 -- Appendix B: Other Tables-Equations 189 -- Appendix C: Survey Instrument 191 -- Appendix D: Internal Review Board Completion Report 196 -- Appendix E: Institutional Review Board Oversight Screening Form 198 -- Appendix F: Certification Statement 200	en_US
dc.format.extent	1 electronic document, 214 pages.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Police brutality	en_US
dc.subject	Police	en_US
dc.subject	Race discrimination	en_US
dc.subject	Racial profiling in law enforcement	en_US
dc.title	Racial Profiling: Towards Simplicity and Eradication	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Political Science of the College of Arts and Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Peterson, James W.
dc.description.committee	Ross, Darrell L.
dc.description.committee	Swicord, Leigh R.
dc.description.degree	D.P.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	Public Administration	en_US