Racial Profiling Data (I

question 1

Multiple Choice

Racial profiling data (i.e., police-stop study data) collected at the aggregate level are

• A) Always useful in proving an individual officer is racist.
• B) Never useful in proving an individual officer is racist.
• C) Seldom used in racial profiling litigation.
• D) Always considered solid proof of racial profiling.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.