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Author Behnke, Alison, author.

Title Racial profiling : everyday inequality / Alison Marie Behnke.

Publication Info. Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Young Adult  YA363.2 BEHNKE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Teen  TEEN 363.2 BEHNKE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult  YA 363.2 BEH    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J 363.2308 B39R    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Teen  YA 363.23 BEHNKE    DUE 11-24-21 Billed
Description 160 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Audience Grade 9 to 12.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-156) and index.
Contents Prejudice and privilege -- Historic inequality -- Contemporary inequality -- Criminal justice and injustice -- Counterterrorism and Islamophobia -- Calls for change -- Source notes -- Selected bibliography -- Further information -- Index..
Summary In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and schools routinely use race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of an offense. Explores the history, the many manifestations, and the consequences of this form of social injustice.
Subject Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Discrimination -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Civil rights -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Racial profiling in law enforcement.
Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
Discrimination. (OCoLC)fst00894985
Racial profiling in law enforcement. (OCoLC)fst01086589
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Other Form: Online version: Behnke, Alison. Racial profiling. Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, 2017 9781512428513 (DLC) 2016010999
ISBN 9781512402681 (library binding ; alkaline paper)
1512402680 (library binding ; alkaline paper)
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