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From: DidacticRa@aol.com [mailto:DidacticRa@aol.com]

Hi,

I wonder whether someone on our list could direct me to
sources/resources
where I might find objective information on racial profiling or leads on
who
might be able to provide it. I am particularly interested in
regulations,
policies and procedures for police organizations.

The need arises because a few criminal justice professionals and I are
working on a book which will cover several aspects of management in
police
organizations. We are planning to start the chapter on racial profiling
with
an overview depicting the range of regulations, policies and procedures
in
use in various jurisdictions - possibly without specific reference to
the
respective departments.

I'll appreciate any help and can reciprocate by sending a summary of
leads or
other information that I will receive - you can respond directly to me,
or
post it, as you might prefer.

Erwin (Rausch) didacticra@aol.com,

Hey

I designing profiling methodologies in Australia and some of these are for
law enforcement

regards

tony nolan

From: Peter Steane [mailto:peter.steane@gsm.mq.edu.au]

Hi Erwin,

I presume you mean 'ethnic profiling' if it is gangs or peculiar
dynamics that can manifest in crime-victim interplay. I have done a lot
of consulting work with the New South Wales Police Service (in
Australia) [oldest police in the world] which does a lot of work with
ethnic groups: Lebanese, Vietnamese, Yugoslav, Italian, etc, where crime
patterns are different. Of course there is always the "outcry" when ever
this reaches the media. But I think done sensitively and professionally
is a legitimate analytical approach. Having said that, I don't think
this would be a patch on what I think the LA police do with the
pot-pouri of ethnic groups that comprise that city. From what we see
'down under' it looks proficient. In any event, you may what to
investigate the NSWPS approach for what it may provide you
http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/main/default.cfm I think the best contact
is superintendent Clive Small (Cabramatta - Local Area Command).

If you look at some failures: London Met (Brixton riots, and others),
some US instances, etc, etc., maybe it is not the analysis that is array
but the 'policing' that arises and the officer-citizen interaction
(often with tacit approval of the police sargeant). From my perspective,
we (Australia) and presumably others (US? UK? etc) from dominant first
world perspectives fail to recognise intangible phenomena that
characterise relations within different ethnic groups, whether Chinese,
Thai, Russian, Middle Eastern, etc. This includes: honour (family first,
society second), rules (guidelines or fixtures), time (short-term or
intergenerational), etc.

I wish you all the best in the book

peter

Peter Steane PhD
Associate Professor
Deputy Director of International Programs
Macquarie Graduate School of Management
Macquarie University, Ryde, NSW, 2109, AUSTRALIA
Telephone: + 61 2 9850 9136
Facsimile: + 61 2 9850 9019
Mobile: 041 7676 286
Email: peter.steane@mq.edu.au
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From: DidacticRa@aol.com [mailto:DidacticRa@aol.com]

I wonder whether someone on our list could direct me to
sources/resources where I might find objective information on racial
profiling or leads on who might be able to provide it.