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Big City, Big Problems
Cutting the rates of racial profiling by police forces
New York City
Roughly 89 percent of people that police stopped were non-whites. (2012)
Stop and frisk
One teen says “To the cops I look like someone who is up to no good.”
Stop and Frisk
Define: police stopping a citizen who may seem suspicious, questioning them, and then potentially searching them for weapons
History
supreme court ruling (1968)
was created and instilled in the 1990’s
in 2011 hit a record high of 684,330
Important Videos
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/06/12/opinion/100000001601732/the-scars-of-stop-and-frisk.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-iYtzGHTLJk
It gets worse...
Police OFTEN use force and physical violence
People are provoked by police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rWtDMPaRD8
Failing Statistics
Of the 16,000 or more women frisked, only 59 had guns
The rate for confiscating guns from men is equally as low
.13 percent
50% vs. 90%
How we can fix it?Create punishments (aversive situations) for officers
Create penalties if need be
Use current technologies to track behaviors
Encourage public to be strong, and provide ZERO reinforcers
Sources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_frisk
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/real-history-stop-and-frisk-article-1.1088494
http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/reporting/tablegen.php
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/nyc-stop-and-frisk-a-decade-rising-numbers_n_1970951.html#slide=1106649
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/stop-and-frisk-may-be-working-but-is-it-racist/267417/
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/stop_and_frisk/index.html