Racial Profiling Resources

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The definitive guide for all racial profiling projects--data

collection, analysis, etc.--is from the NCJRS in Acrobat format

(725k). Download it at:

http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/bja/184768.pdf

The DOJ also published an unrelated report in 1999 on officer

contacts with the police. The interesting part is that, while agency

vehicle stop stats were skewed towards people of color, most drivers

told the survey-takers that the police had a legitimate reason for

pulling them over: 85% of whites, 74% of African-American and 82% of

Hispanic drivers. It's at:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cpp99.htm

Lastly, here is a document that the standards group CALEA has

published on collecting racial profiling data. It doesn't spell out

any specifics, but rather the generalities of the process. It's at:

http://www.calea.org/newweb/news/press%20release.htm