Examining Racial Profiling from a Cognitive Perspective
Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Law and Justice
Publication Date
9-2011
Abstract
This paper examines the issue of racial profiling from a cognitive perspective. This approach emphasizes that misunderstanding of probability regarding the correlation between race and crime plays a role in prompting racial profiling. The misunderstanding consists of the confusion of relative frequency and absolute frequency of the correlation and ignoring the probability of committing the statistical Type I error. In addition, it analyzes two cognitive errors that may contribute to the false probability thinking.
Recommended Citation
Sun, K. (2011). Examining Racial Profiling from a Cognitive Perspective . International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1(13), 65-69.
Journal
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science
Rights
© Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA
Comments
This article was originally published in International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.