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Are The Police Bias?

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ENGL 11G Rhetoric and composition

2016-2017

Fall semester

Abstract

In this essay we will try to confront the daily bias found throughout our justice system. How the unconscious and stereotypes can have an affect on many big decisions. We will go over common misconceptions about criminal activity and what things police are doing to combat bias. This will give you a better view of the small forces that have a big consequences to those who find themselves in unfortunate circumstances.

 The law, a set of rules laid forth by the government to help ensure peace and to those who oppose it will have to face the consequences. Equality to these guidelines aren’t always universal and are apparent in the form of biases or discrimination. (Tom R. Tyler 2009)“The image of racial discrimination in the exercise of police authority was most vividly etched in the public’s mind, by three widely publicized cases: Rodney King, a 26-year-old African American who was severely beaten by four Los Angeles Police Department officers, Abner Louima, the 30-year-old Haitian immigrant who was brutally assaulted by a group of New York City police officers, and Amadou Diallo, a 22-year-old unarmed West African immigrant who was shot forty-one times by four New York City policemen in front of his home.” Bias is apparent everywhere whether we are aware of it or not, one place that bias has a big effect however is with those with power such as the police force.

 Have you ever considered if someone pulled over for a ticket might have different results based on the drivers race or gender then the law might be more or less strict on you. These are very apparent but rarely vocalized stereotypes that could alter one’s perception based on what they believe a criminal might look like. One usually might imagine a hardened man with tattoos and rides a motorcycle to be prone to criminal activity. Another bias perception might be that a young innocent looking grill could never be involved with the wrong side of the law. These superficial traits of appearance shouldn’t play a big role in the justice system. Wouldn’t you like if any lawbreaker was judged solely on the degree of their deeds and not that of their resemblance of other malfeasants. Now you may think that not discriminating against the guy with tattoos would be easy but not all factors are so cut and dry. According to Heather D.Flowe* and Joyce E. Humphries (2011)“More ephemeral characteristics of the suspect could include negative emotional expressions, lack of eye contact, or a disheveled appearance when the mug shot photograph was taken.” Bias towards more conceptual ideals like attitude can be quite tricky to judge without premade assumptions. The idea that the happy civilian in a line up might actually be the guilty one and not the angry, rude one could be easily overlooked in traditional thinking. Some other attitude based characteristics that influenced decisions were the ones that looked most scared, looks suspicious, all drugged up, looks guilty, looks like he is going to cry, looks nervous and looks like he is lying. Many of these signs that could be associated with guilt could also have other underlying causes that would make it not a good indicator for criminal accusations. For instance, one might assume that an individual with hallucinations and high core temperature might be on drugs but could actually be the consequences of ill health. Small subconscious connections of what one might assume is occurring and the possibility of many other causations could have profound effects on those who might find themselves on the other side of the law. At first glance the difference in opinion that greatly differ from officer to officer might not appear like it would cause a significantly diversion in outcomes. When it comes to the law however the change in appearance and other common factors that are commonly associated with deception could be a big deciding factor for guilty or not guilty. 

As of recently new actions have come into place to offset the current biases of either conscious or subconscious origin. One such intervention takes place at the 2016-17 Madison Police academy class where new police cadets take classes on the subconscious effects from biases. These types of measures are definitely a step in the right direction and will surely have great results. Later the high biased thinking of police could alter through their new awareness and could show a steady decline in the weight that biases hold in new police studies. Current studies show that 86% of police lineups had a biased approach on the choosing of suspects.

references

Garrick Blalocka, Jed DeVarob, Stephanie Leventhala and Daniel H. Simona,11/20/2011.a

Department of Applied Economics and Management, Gender bias in power relationships: evidence from police traffic stops Vol. 43 Issue 29, p4469-4485

HEATHER D. FLOWE* and JOYCE E. HUMPHRIES,(2011).School of Psychology,

           An Examination of Criminal Face Bias in a Random Sample of Police Lineups,Vol. 25  

           Issue 2, p265-273. 16p

Phillip Atiba Goff, Samuel R. Sommers, Delores Jones-Brown, John Dovidio, James Sidanius,Kay Deaux,                                                                                   .             Tom R. Tyler,(2009) The Russell Sage Foundation, Journal of the Social Sciences

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