TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - The impact of implicit stereotyping on offender: profiling unexpected results from an observational study of shoplifting
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Dabney, Dean A.
A1  - Dugan, Laura
A1  - Topalli, Volkan
A1  - Hollinger, Richard C.
SP  - 646
EP  - 674
VL  - 33
IS  - 5
N2  - Much debate centers on the use of offender profiling as a technique to differentiate criminals from law-abiding citizens. Profiling advocates argue that it is appropriate to reference past experiences and information about known offenders to identify behavioral and demographic correlates that can then be applied to a given population of offenses or offenders. The viability of this argument rests on the assumption that past experiences and information about known offenders are free of bias. Data from an observational study of shoplifting are analyzed to assess this assumption systematically. <br><br>RESULTS indicate that trained observers, when allowed to deviate from a clearly specified random selection protocol, oversampled shoppers on the basis of race, gender, and perceived age, thus misrepresenting these factors as predictors of shoplifting behavior. Implications for the training of law enforcement and loss prevention officers are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854806288942
ID  - ref1
ER  -