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Author:

Behnke, Alison, author.

Title:

Racial profiling : everyday inequality / Alison Marie Behnke.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Racial profiling in law enforcement--United States--Juvenile literature.
Discrimination--United States--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights--United States--Juvenile literature.
Racial profiling in law enforcement.
Civil rights.
Discrimination.
Racial profiling in law enforcement.
United States.
Racial profiling in law enforcement.
United States.
Juvenile works.
Juvenile works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 153) and index.

Contents:

Prejudice and privilege -- Historic inequality -- Contemporary inequality -- Criminal justice and injustice -- Counterterrorism and Islamophobia -- Calls for change -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- For further information -- Index -- Photo acknowledgments -- About the author.

Summary:

In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and schools routinely use race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of an offense. Explores the history, the many manifestations, and the consequences of this form of social injustice.

ISBN:

1512402680
9781512402681

OCLC:

(OCoLC)943710240

LCCN:

2016009454

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

VMPC334 -- West Union Community Library (West Union)