Racial Profiling
ANALYSIS OF “RACIAL PROFILING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE” 1
Analysis of “Racial Profiling and Criminal Justice” Domenica Martinez
Colorado Mesa University
ANALYZING RACIAL PROFILING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2
Research Question I chose to analyze article titled “Racial Profiling and Criminal Justice” which is written
By Jesper Ryberg within the Journal of Ethics; March 2011. This journal article was discovered within the EBSCO Host library. Ryberg’s thesis states “The main argument that has been presented by advocates of the use of racial profiling as a law enforcement tactic is that race (or ethnic) characteristics help the police to target those more likely to be criminals.” They are stating they will apprehend more criminals by using racial profiling. Ryberg’s major arguing factors are that the cost to benefit ratio is not worth it. Ryberg points out that terrorists adapt to the racial profiling and prove it is non-beneficial. The final argument presented is profiling a specific minority may help to decrease the sum of violations but at the same time increase the criminal rate as a whole by failing to notice the large number of inhabitants in our society.
Research Terms Defined
Ryberg’s resources appear to be justified with the given facts to support his arguments. They are all significant arguments and cannot be classified as which has more value than the next or which is more important as they are all valuable arguments. I feel Ryberg has written “Racial profiling and Criminal Justice” with a non-bias and non-judgmental position.
ANALYZING RACIAL PROFILING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3
Ryberg did not use comments such as “I feel this way because” or “I believe” and he was very neutral in his beliefs and
Analysis of “Racial Profiling and Criminal Justice” Domenica Martinez
Colorado Mesa University
ANALYZING RACIAL PROFILING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2
Research Question I chose to analyze article titled “Racial Profiling and Criminal Justice” which is written
By Jesper Ryberg within the Journal of Ethics; March 2011. This journal article was discovered within the EBSCO Host library. Ryberg’s thesis states “The main argument that has been presented by advocates of the use of racial profiling as a law enforcement tactic is that race (or ethnic) characteristics help the police to target those more likely to be criminals.” They are stating they will apprehend more criminals by using racial profiling. Ryberg’s major arguing factors are that the cost to benefit ratio is not worth it. Ryberg points out that terrorists adapt to the racial profiling and prove it is non-beneficial. The final argument presented is profiling a specific minority may help to decrease the sum of violations but at the same time increase the criminal rate as a whole by failing to notice the large number of inhabitants in our society.
Research Terms Defined
Ryberg’s resources appear to be justified with the given facts to support his arguments. They are all significant arguments and cannot be classified as which has more value than the next or which is more important as they are all valuable arguments. I feel Ryberg has written “Racial profiling and Criminal Justice” with a non-bias and non-judgmental position.
ANALYZING RACIAL PROFILING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 3
Ryberg did not use comments such as “I feel this way because” or “I believe” and he was very neutral in his beliefs and