Racial Profiling

Guide to Library Research on Racial Profiling in Law Enforcement

Finding Books Using the Library Catalog

Terms to use in Keywords Anywhere or Subject Keyword search box:

• racial profiling
• discrimination law enforcement
• police race relations
• police brutality
• police methods
• police misconduct

Broader topics that may lead to books having chapters or pages on racial profiling:

• discrimination or prejudice
• law enforcement history
• discrimination history

Online books and documents: The words [Electronic resource] in brackets in a title indicate an online book or document. Connect to the item by clicking on the title, then on the blue Web address in the detailed record.

Reference Books

• Encyclopedia of Police Science -- See article on "Traffic Services."
  REF HV7901 .E53 1995
  
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
  REF HV 7245 .N37

• racial profiling and law enforcement
• policing and stereotypes

To highlight a particular group:

• racial profiling and Sept.11
• racial profiling and Hispanics (or Arabs, Muslims, Blacks, Latinos and so forth)

To select a database, go to the Current Issues short list of databases. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to enter the bar code from the back of your NHC photo ID.

For the first two multidisciplinary databases below, a variety of terms such as those listed above may be used.

• Academic Search Complete - Check full-text box.
• Proquest-All Databases - Check full-text box.

For the three databases below, use racial profiling alone.

• CQ Researcher
• Issues & Controversies on File Check the Issues and Controversies box and uncheck other boxes.
• Opposing Viewpoints- Select a related topic from the list or change search box label to Keywords and enter terms.

Web sites from universities, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies may be informative about racial profiling.

• Google
  • Enter search terms in a string. Racial profiling is the most useful.
  • To find statistics on racial profiling, enter traffic stop statistics.
  • To limit results to sites from universities or from organizations, use Google Advanced Search and in the Domain box enter .edu. Use the search string race stereotypes law enforcement. Also try limiting to .org sites.
  • Use Google's Government Search engine at the bottom of the Advanced Search page.

• NHC Library Government Information page
  • Select federal or state links, then criminal justice or statistics links. There is a huge amount of government information online, so you will need patience and perseverance to find relevant information.

If you need additional help, please feel free to contact a librarian during open hours.

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