Preface -- Part I. How did we get here? -- 1. Racial profiling and the pretext traffic stop -- 2. Monsters in the closet -- Fear and racism -- Taming the primal fear system -- Predicting fear and racism -- 3. Patterns of racial injustice : stepping into the shoes -- A look back -- 4. Back to the dinosaurs -- The war on drugs -- The war on crime -- The war on terrorism -- Racial profiling : a help or hindrance? -- Flying the unfriendly skies -- The changing face of terrorism -- Racial profiling in immigration enforcement -- The American way -- Looking ahead to the rising cost of travel -- Coming full circle -- Part II. Is Jim Crow alive and well in America? -- 5. In the shadow of the badge -- "Rogue" cops -- The "code of silence" -- Internal affairs divisions : who's policing the police? -- Politics versus progress -- 6. One perspective : civil rights groups lead the fight to end racial profiling in America -- Response to the government's war on drugs -- Concerns about police response to racial profiling accusations -- The underlying problem -- Racism -- The underlying social costs -- Civil rights groups' proposals for change -- 7. Truth in numbers -- A public perception -- Officer statistics -- The facts about force -- Battle of the sexes -- Dollars and "sense" -- How much is too much? -- Federal prosecution data -- Civil remedies -- Finding a middle ground -- Part III. Do you want crime to prevail? -- 8. Law enforcement perspective : cops speak out -- A crime is a crime -- Quality of life policing -- Political emphasis on the crime rate -- Does crime determine color? -- Don't shoot the messenger -- The two extremes -- Playing it safe -- Weapons for change -- 9. An equation for success, an inside look at Phoenix police chief Harold Hurtt and the Phoenix Police Department -- Background -- Recruiting new officers -- Training -- Community policing -- Uncovering the real issue -- Affirmative action -- Racial profiling versus criminal profiling -- Data collection -- Officer accountability and discipline -- Marketing the police -- 10. Scales of justice -- Legal background -- Selective enforcement -- Selective prosecution -- Consent doctrine -- Exclusionary rule -- Part IV. What's the score? -- 11. Data collection and analysis -- The collection process -- Data analysis -- Establishing a benchmark -- Assigning a risk factor -- "Blind" stops -- Who initiated the stop? -- Statistical significance -- A look inside four data collection programs -- San José, California -- San Diego, California -- North Carolina -- New Jersey -- Lessons learned -- 12. Call to action -- A national campaign -- Part V. We are all Americas -- 13. Coming together for a solution -- Problem identification -- Solutions : part A -- Solutions : part B -- 14. Reflections -- Appendix : resources.
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