... San Antonio, Texas as well as the population of both areas. Dallas's population in 2010 was 1,197,833, while San Antonio's population was 1,327,605 in 2010. The breakdown of the population was Dallas: Whites 50.7%, San Antonio: Whites 72.6%, Dallas: Black or African American 25.0%, San Antonio: Black or African American 6.9%, Dallas: American Indian and Alaskan Native .7%, San Antonio: American Indian and Alaskan Native .9%, Dallas: Asian 2.9%, San ... : White not Hispanic or Latino 28.8%, San Antonio: White not Hispanic or Latino 63.2%. United States Census Bureau. (n.d.) Even though Sa...

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... are armed and will do anything to avoid incarceration. These issues have forced many probation professionals to reconsider and change their traditional practices including providing officers with defensive weapons (American Probation and Parole Association Board of Directors, 1994). Legislative initiatives and department policies require many probation officers to contact probationers at their residence, often unexpectedly and at odd ... The issue of arming probation officers involves a great deal of emotion, both in support and in opposition. Reports indicate that a discussion of this i...

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... number of them actually in possession of contraband. Therefore these people are arrested, reinforcing the idea that drug trafficking is primarily an Latino or African American thing. At the same time white drivers receive far less police attention, many of the drug dealers and use! rs among them get away ... . In a recent poll taken by the child advocay group Children Now the children included said that,"the news media tends to portray African American and Latino people more negatively than white and Asian people. Most of the major news media did not cover this story and the ones ... pro...

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... but they must always keep in mind to make stops that arouse reasonable suspicion only (Stop & Frisk Report: chapter 5). While from an FBI Crime Statistics, it shows that police officers will scrutinize people of specific racial ethnic background more than others because they believe that they are more likely the kind ... of the community that was mostly white and had people with upper class income. The story is of my brother, Zack. Zack, who is African-American. He was just walking home from school one day. As he was walking home he was stopped by a police officer just a few steps away f...

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... Basics. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.). A 1996 survey shows that an estimated 9.5 million Americans, age 25 years and under, have used marijuana. For over 26, about 8.9 million have used. Statistics also show that of the nations local police and sheriffs departments, 80% of their officers primarily work with only drug law enforcement. 55% of state officers do the same. Instead ... : Drug Data Summary. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. 1-4. Retrieved from http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov). Due to this, the nation's prison population has risen 5.2% (Gilliard, Darrell. (19...

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... raising the ante to a notional law outlawing racial profiling altogether (Chua-Eoan). The Governor of New Jersey, Christine Whitman took a look into the racial profiling in her state. Sure enough, statistics revealed that nearly three in every four motorists stopped on the turnpike were members of minorities (Most 95). Henry Lee, the forensic scientist who re-created the New Jersey shooting ... it's down. Because officers are required to treat residents with respect (Cannon&Morrow 37). But it's not just the blacks that are targeted. In Illinois, Hispanics take up 8% of the population; t...

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