Big City, Big Problems

Cutting the rates of racial profiling by police forces

New York City

Roughly 89 percent of people that police stopped were non-whites. (2012)

Stop and frisk

One teen says “To the cops I look like someone who is up to no good.”

Stop and Frisk

Define: police stopping a citizen who may seem suspicious, questioning them, and then potentially searching them for weapons

History

supreme court ruling (1968)

was created and instilled in the 1990’s

in 2011 hit a record high of 684,330

Important Videos

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/06/12/opinion/100000001601732/the-scars-of-stop-and-frisk.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-iYtzGHTLJk

It gets worse...

Police OFTEN use force and physical violence

People are provoked by police

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rWtDMPaRD8

Failing Statistics

Of the 16,000 or more women frisked, only 59 had guns

The rate for confiscating guns from men is equally as low

.13 percent

50% vs. 90%

How we can fix it?Create punishments (aversive situations) for officers

Create penalties if need be

Use current technologies to track behaviors

Encourage public to be strong, and provide ZERO reinforcers

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_frisk

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/real-history-stop-and-frisk-article-1.1088494

http://www.racialprofilinganalysis.neu.edu/reporting/tablegen.php

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/16/nyc-stop-and-frisk-a-decade-rising-numbers_n_1970951.html#slide=1106649

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/stop-and-frisk-may-be-working-but-is-it-racist/267417/

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/stop_and_frisk/index.html