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A Path Towards the Identification of Racial Profiling in Policing
Alex del Carmen, Ph.D., Associate Dean, School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, Tarleton State University, Texas, USA
Mark Brown, M.S., Doctoral Candidate, School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration, Tarleton State University, Texas, USA

This paper focuses on racial profiling in policing. Specifically, it explores the various ways in which racial profiling can be measured from a statistical perspective. The author reflects on his work with police chiefs in the State of Texas and the various challenges that exist regarding data analysis relative to motor vehicle stops. The discussion provides an overview of the objectives, challenges and best practices relative to data analysis of motor vehicle stops relative to racial profiling. This, being a topic of interest to police entities throughout the world, makes this discussion not only relevant but necessary to the study of racism in policing.

Keywords: Racial Profiling, Data Analysis in Policing, Motor Vehicle Stops, Policing Data, Racism in Policing, Statistical Analysis in Policing.


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