[Signed] [First Edition] Profiles In Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work. Harris, David A., 1957- [Used - Near Fine] [Hardcover]

DETAILS: near fine dust-jacket, cover price $24.95, fresh attractive copy, fine condition blue hardcover. INSCRIBED in black ink on half-title page to recipient with full name (an identifiable civil rights lawyer), Keep up your great work, and SIGNED David Harris. HARRIS, DAVID A. Profiles in injustice: why racial profiling cannot work. New York: New Press, 2002, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xi, 276pp., . Explains the origins and justifications for using racial profiles in police investigation, and argues that not only does the policy have serious social side effects, but statistics suggest that it is ineffective. - CONTENTS: Profiles in injustice: American life under the regime of racial profiling -- Profiling past and present, and high-discretion police tactics -- Profiling unmasked: from criminal profiling to racial profiling -- The hard numbers: why racial profiling doesn't add up -- The costs of racial profiling: casualties and collateral damage -- It's not just driving while Black: how profiling affects Latinos, Asians, and Arabs -- Meeting the challenge of racial profiling -- A case study: how one police agency changed for the better -- Conclusion: the self-fulfilling prophecy and the future. 9781565846968 ISBN 1565846966