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  The experiences of ethnic minority police officers in Britain: under-recruitment and racial profiling in a performance culture
 
 
Title: The experiences of ethnic minority police officers in Britain: under-recruitment and racial profiling in a performance culture
Author: Cashmore, Ellis
Appeared in: Ethnic and racial studies
Paging: Volume 24 (2001) nr. 4 pages 642-659
Year: 2001-07-01
Contents: The findings draw on independent research conducted in the aftermath of the Macpherson Report of 1999 and are based on in-depth interviews with African Caribbean and South Asian officers in five British police services. Serving officers offer their frequently contrasting views on the underrecruitment of ethnic minority officers and their experiences in the police force and beyond. While many question whether increasing the recruitment of ethnic minority officers would make the widely-assumed positive impact in reducing racism, others maintain that it would; but they believe persistent habitual racist practices by white officers serves as the most formidable impediment to recruitment. Reasons are offered for this persistent racism. It is proposed that the trend towards assessing occupational performance in the police has had the unintended consequence of promoting racial profiling, or selecting ethnic minority groups for unfair treatment. Ethnic minority police officers are subject to racist abuse as a way of 'testing' them. They believe that, if they protest against either their own treatment or that of ethnic minority civilians, they may damage their careers. This perception acts as a deterrent to challenging racism in police work and contributes towards its continuation.
Publisher: Routledge
Source file: Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften
 
 

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