Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work

Racial profiling as practiced by police officers, highway troopers, and customs officials is one of America s most explosive public issues. But even as protest against the practice has swelled, police forces and others across the country continue to argue that profiling is an effective crime-fighting tool. InProfiles in Injustice, now in paperback, David Harris described by the Seattle Times as "America s leading authority on racial profiling" dismantles those arguments, drawing on a wealth of newly available statistics to show convincingly that profiling is not only morally and legally wrong, but also startlingly ineffectual at preventing crime or apprehending criminals.

A new chapter considers how the events of September 11 have recast the racial profiling issue, tipping public opinion in favor of the policy as a tool in fighting terrorism.