Question

Is there a distinction between racial and criminal profiling?

Answer 1

if your society systematically puts down or punishes a specific group of people on a racial basis then there is no difference between the two, because that kind of discrimination (jobs, schools, neighbourhoods) will lead to an increase in criminal behaviour....simply because there are fewer and fewer alternatives, if any, available.. . if white anglo-saxon protestants were systematically beaten down for generations, then they'd pretty much match the criminal profile.

Answer 2

Yes, racial profiling targets a specific race. Criminal profiling helps the "authorities" to determine the motive/reasoning and possible description of someone who commits a crime.

Answer 3

Of course. Criminal profiling is when you focus your investigation of a crime to those who have previously committed similar crimes. Racial profiling is when you focus your investigation on those who share an ethnic background with those who have committed similar crimes. Criminal profiling is a much more reliable predictor of guilt, and has the added bonus that those who you've profiled have only themselves to blame, whereas the vast majority of those racially profiled have never committed a serious crime.

Answer 4

yes. racial profiling is against someones race. criminal profiling is against a certain crime someone commits.

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

yes and no, true criminal profiling may use issues of specific racial traits in determining its profile. . . Racial profiling is determining an opinon based only on race

Answer 7

of course. Racial is anthropological and similar to dna but criminal is more psychological