racial profiling

racial profiling
n.
The use by law enforcement officers of racial quotas instead of actual grounds for suspicion in their selection of people to stop for questioning.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


racial profiling
The consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin by a law enforcement officer in deciding when and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


racial profiling
The consideration of race, ethnicity, or national origin by a law enforcement officer in deciding when and how to intervene in an enforcement capacity.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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