Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics
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This book is appropriately titled Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics since the author recognizes that the topic of racial profiling in policing, in its basic form, is one that has been discussed for a number of years and from different perspectives. Despite the ample dialogue on this topic, however, the title of this book also suggests that although there seems to exist a universal and basic understanding on the perception of racial profiling in policing among police practitioners, civil rights leaders, and community members, there are still areas of this complex topic that remain unexplored.
After having served as a federal monitor in two of the largest and most significant police reform cases in the history of the United States and after training thousands of police officers, including all police chiefs in Texas during the past two decades, the author explains that despite the many areas of discussion related to racial profiling in policing, most people remain interested in knowing the extent to and the manner in which it could be eradicated.
Despite previous efforts made, the issue of racial profiling in policing is far more complex than it is made out to be by politicians, the media and those that follow a particular ideology which often times, seems to obscure logic and science.
The contributions made in this book are not only related to its attempt to address these difficult topics, but to also provide a “scientific approach” to the understanding of racial profiling in policing. The perspective introduced in “Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics” is one that disinherits political affiliation, and instead, relies on the experiences of an American Criminologist who migrated to the United States fleeing a civil war in his native Nicaragua, while finding himself in the middle of a different type of conflict in his newly adopted land. Therefore, this book is unique in the sense that it is truly based on an honest, direct and scientific dialogue on one of the most important topics in society and modern police practices--racial profiling.
Acknowledgements
Author Biography
Prologue
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Roots of Racial Profiling in Policing
Chapter 3 Policing in the 21st Century: Gaining Community Trust
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Policing and the Working Personality
Chapter 5 Racial Profiling and the Law
Chapter 6 Racial Profiling in Policing Through a Statistical Lens
Chapter 7 Federal Consent Decrees in Policing
Chapter 8 The Texas Law on Racial Profiling: Case Study
Chapter 9 Racial Profiling Liability in Police Organizations
Chapter 10 The Future Trends of Racial Profiling in Policing: Don't Expect What You Cannot Inspect
Bibliography
Alex del Carmen received a Ph.D. in Criminology from the College of Criminology at the Florida State University. He is considered an authority on the topic of race and crime with particular emphasis on racial profiling in law enforcement. Dr. del Carmen has written numerous articles in internationally recognized journals and published several books. He has presented his research findings on racial profiling, throughout the world (Scotland, Belgium, Slovenia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and Italy). Dr. del Carmen has trained thousands of police officers including all of the Texas Police Chiefs since 2001. In addition, he is responsible for creating the Texas racial profiling statistical template widely used by law enforcement agencies throughout the state. He is often a guest on CNN, Fox News Radio, Telemundo, Univision and NBC, among other media outlets. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Houston Chronicle and other major newspapers throughout the world.
Dr. del Carmen is currently a Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration at Tarleton State University (A member of the Texas A&M System). He is also the founder and director of the Texas A&M System Institute for Predictive Analytics in Criminal Justice (IPAC).
Dr. del Carmen has served as a Federal Monitor for two of the most significant police reform cases in the United States. Currently, he is serving as a Special Master for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, on the Puerto Rico Police reform case.
Dr. del Carmen is currently pursuing a master’s degree in education from Harvard University. He is married and has two children.
“There is no confusion about what Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics shares with those of us who really want to deal with the issue of racial profiling. Unfortunately, the world has not availed itself of the truth shared in this book because of its unwillingness to change the status quo in policing! I believe this book should be in the hands of all law enforcement agencies and the world at large!!!!!! Bravo Professor!”
Geneva Reed-Veal – Mother of Sandra Bland
Sandra Bland Act | Texas Senate Bill 1849
Author Interview in The Crime Report - January 8, 2021
Alex del Carmen not only cites the practices that contribute to racial profiling, he also emphasizes the liabilities of such behavior and practice. Alex has dedicated his research to examine, learn, and change the policing professional from such an unjustified practice of racial profiling. Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics provides clarity on the issues and provides remedies to respond to them. It is important to understand racial profiling is not acceptable and Alex does a wonderful job in his book articulating how to analyze data in accurate way to provide meaning. The findings can, therefore, censor the blatant, protect the good officer, and ultimately provide structure to the professional standing of the policing profession.
Alex has done an excellent job accurately reflecting his work in Texas with training of Texas police chiefs. He is a sought-after subject matter expert. I am so pleased he has written about his research and experience on this still very important policing topic.
Rita J. Watkins
LEMIT, Executive Director
Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics, is yet another well-written work that further solidifies Alex del Carmen’s reputation as a leading authority on racial profiling. His approach is simple but amazingly effective. He explores the topic from police management, researcher, practitioner, community and analytical perspectives, rendering thoughtful challenges and suggestions that will move the field well beyond the basics. Everyone interested in promoting bias-free policing should become intimately acquainted with this work.
Theron L. Bowman, Ph.D.
Evidence-based Policing Hall of Fame 2012
The Bowman Group
The national reckoning with race has placed a laser focus on questions of inequity in policing. The calls for reform have led to the collection and reporting of data on stops, arrests and race. As policy makers, police executives and members of the community work to address longstanding issues they are using these data to make critical policy decision. Dr. del Carmen’s Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics provides an important road map on how to use law enforcement collected data, its limitations, and the promise it creates for reform. This book is a critical contribution to data-driven policy-making and there could not be a more important time for this work..
Jonathan M. Smith, Executive Director (he/him)
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
This book is appropriately titled Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics since the author recognizes that the topic of racial profiling in policing, in its basic form, is one that has been discussed for a number of years and from different perspectives. Despite the ample dialogue on this topic, however, the title of this book also suggests that although there seems to exist a universal and basic understanding on the perception of racial profiling in policing among police practitioners, civil rights leaders, and community members, there are still areas of this complex topic that remain unexplored.
After having served as a federal monitor in two of the largest and most significant police reform cases in the history of the United States and after training thousands of police officers, including all police chiefs in Texas during the past two decades, the author explains that despite the many areas of discussion related to racial profiling in policing, most people remain interested in knowing the extent to and the manner in which it could be eradicated.
Despite previous efforts made, the issue of racial profiling in policing is far more complex than it is made out to be by politicians, the media and those that follow a particular ideology which often times, seems to obscure logic and science.
The contributions made in this book are not only related to its attempt to address these difficult topics, but to also provide a “scientific approach” to the understanding of racial profiling in policing. The perspective introduced in “Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics” is one that disinherits political affiliation, and instead, relies on the experiences of an American Criminologist who migrated to the United States fleeing a civil war in his native Nicaragua, while finding himself in the middle of a different type of conflict in his newly adopted land. Therefore, this book is unique in the sense that it is truly based on an honest, direct and scientific dialogue on one of the most important topics in society and modern police practices--racial profiling.
Acknowledgements
Author Biography
Prologue
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Roots of Racial Profiling in Policing
Chapter 3 Policing in the 21st Century: Gaining Community Trust
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Policing and the Working Personality
Chapter 5 Racial Profiling and the Law
Chapter 6 Racial Profiling in Policing Through a Statistical Lens
Chapter 7 Federal Consent Decrees in Policing
Chapter 8 The Texas Law on Racial Profiling: Case Study
Chapter 9 Racial Profiling Liability in Police Organizations
Chapter 10 The Future Trends of Racial Profiling in Policing: Don't Expect What You Cannot Inspect
Bibliography
Alex del Carmen received a Ph.D. in Criminology from the College of Criminology at the Florida State University. He is considered an authority on the topic of race and crime with particular emphasis on racial profiling in law enforcement. Dr. del Carmen has written numerous articles in internationally recognized journals and published several books. He has presented his research findings on racial profiling, throughout the world (Scotland, Belgium, Slovenia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and Italy). Dr. del Carmen has trained thousands of police officers including all of the Texas Police Chiefs since 2001. In addition, he is responsible for creating the Texas racial profiling statistical template widely used by law enforcement agencies throughout the state. He is often a guest on CNN, Fox News Radio, Telemundo, Univision and NBC, among other media outlets. He has been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Houston Chronicle and other major newspapers throughout the world.
Dr. del Carmen is currently a Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Public Administration at Tarleton State University (A member of the Texas A&M System). He is also the founder and director of the Texas A&M System Institute for Predictive Analytics in Criminal Justice (IPAC).
Dr. del Carmen has served as a Federal Monitor for two of the most significant police reform cases in the United States. Currently, he is serving as a Special Master for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, on the Puerto Rico Police reform case.
Dr. del Carmen is currently pursuing a master’s degree in education from Harvard University. He is married and has two children.
“There is no confusion about what Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics shares with those of us who really want to deal with the issue of racial profiling. Unfortunately, the world has not availed itself of the truth shared in this book because of its unwillingness to change the status quo in policing! I believe this book should be in the hands of all law enforcement agencies and the world at large!!!!!! Bravo Professor!”
Geneva Reed-Veal – Mother of Sandra Bland
Sandra Bland Act | Texas Senate Bill 1849
Author Interview in The Crime Report - January 8, 2021
Alex del Carmen not only cites the practices that contribute to racial profiling, he also emphasizes the liabilities of such behavior and practice. Alex has dedicated his research to examine, learn, and change the policing professional from such an unjustified practice of racial profiling. Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics provides clarity on the issues and provides remedies to respond to them. It is important to understand racial profiling is not acceptable and Alex does a wonderful job in his book articulating how to analyze data in accurate way to provide meaning. The findings can, therefore, censor the blatant, protect the good officer, and ultimately provide structure to the professional standing of the policing profession.
Alex has done an excellent job accurately reflecting his work in Texas with training of Texas police chiefs. He is a sought-after subject matter expert. I am so pleased he has written about his research and experience on this still very important policing topic.
Rita J. Watkins
LEMIT, Executive Director
Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics, is yet another well-written work that further solidifies Alex del Carmen’s reputation as a leading authority on racial profiling. His approach is simple but amazingly effective. He explores the topic from police management, researcher, practitioner, community and analytical perspectives, rendering thoughtful challenges and suggestions that will move the field well beyond the basics. Everyone interested in promoting bias-free policing should become intimately acquainted with this work.
Theron L. Bowman, Ph.D.
Evidence-based Policing Hall of Fame 2012
The Bowman Group
The national reckoning with race has placed a laser focus on questions of inequity in policing. The calls for reform have led to the collection and reporting of data on stops, arrests and race. As policy makers, police executives and members of the community work to address longstanding issues they are using these data to make critical policy decision. Dr. del Carmen’s Racial Profiling in Policing: Beyond the Basics provides an important road map on how to use law enforcement collected data, its limitations, and the promise it creates for reform. This book is a critical contribution to data-driven policy-making and there could not be a more important time for this work..
Jonathan M. Smith, Executive Director (he/him)
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs