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... > contexts > named groups > persons > occupational groups > police > use of ethnic profiling by police and Homeland Security
... > contexts > named groups > persons > occupational groups > emergency responders > police > use of ethnic profiling by police and Homeland Security

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use of ethnic profiling by police and Homeland Security  

Definition(s)

  • Ethnic profiling, also called racial profiling, is a controversial issue in the criminal justice system. It is a new term for old practices of institutional discrimination and racial or ethnic bias. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Profiling, Ethnic: Use by Police and Homeland Security]

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