On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 10:51:33PM -0500, Jim Wildman wrote:
> Care to cite any sources for "the history of profiling"? I've heard it
> said that there have been no definitive studies on abusive police
> profiling. I saw a very interesting article where a journalist was
> invited by a police officer to ride in his cruiser (at night) and to
> try to correctly 'profile' those he pulled over. (It's impossible at
> night, difficult in the day.)
>
> We all profile people and we are all in favor of it. We all assign
> values to people based on their appearance and our perception of
> their possible behaviors based on our past experiences with similar
> folks. Whether it is looking for a date, or trying to avoid the too
> talkative coworker or the reckless driver or the mugger in the stairway.
>
Very sane viewpoint. Very true. Interesting angle on dating, too.
Paul
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