What Practice Accounts in Part for the Fact That Ethnic

question 41

Multiple Choice

What practice accounts in part for the fact that ethnic minorities are disproportionately represented in arrest statistics?

• A) Racial profiling
• B) Geographic profiling
• C) Psychological autopsy
• D) Criminal profiling
• E) None of the above

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