Criminal Profiling/Racial Profiling

Explore criminal profiling, a high-profile issue facing law enforcement. The terms, "criminal profiling" and "racial profiling" are often confused and confusing to many individuals.

Write a paper that addresses the following points:

Define, compare, contrast and discuss the terms "criminal profiling" and "racial profiling".

Identify what is being done to curb or prevent racial profiling in your area/state? Provide and cite specific examples of statutes, laws and/or efforts in your state that attempt to stop racial profiling by law enforcement.

Find an online article with a current event example of "racial profiling" by law enforcement (within the past 3 years). Briefly describe the incident and then post the link to the incident (article, video, news report, etc.) in your paper.

Your paper should be a minimum of three full pages of content.