Library Catalogue

Location

Public Safety Canada Library

Resource

Books & Reports

Call Number

HV 7936 .R3 N45 2009

Authors

• Neild, Rachel.
• Open Society Justice Initiative.

Publishers

• New York, N.Y. :  Open Society Institute, c2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Description

197 p. ; 25 cm.

Note

"Open Society Justice Initiative"--Cover.
"This report ... was written by Rachel Neild"--Acknowledgments.

Summary

The report examines the scope of ethnic profiling, showing how police officers in the U.K., France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands routinely use generalizations about race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin when deciding whom to target for stops, searches, raids and surveillance.

Subject

• Racial profiling in law enforcement - Europe.
• Ethnic groups - Europe.
• Race discrimination - Europe.

Contents

1. Executive summary and recommendations -- 2. Ethnic profiling : what is it and when is it unlawful? -- 3. Ethnic profiling in ordinary policing -- 4. Ethnic profiling in counterterrorism since 9/11 -- 5. Alternatives to ethnic profiling -- 6. Conclusion.

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