Homeland Security: Profiling

Abstract

In the world of political correctness, civil liberties and the global threat of terror attacks, our society has become to a divided on the subject of profiling. Although many corporations, individuals and scientific groups, use profiling, it is the subject of racial profiling that is at the forefront of the civil liberties debate. The University Of Texas defines profiling in many different categories of interest, in particular is this definition; "A technique whereby a set of characteristics of a particular class of person is inferred from past experience, and data-holdings are then searched for individuals with a close fit to that set of characteristics" (EBT Glossary). The question is, should racial, ethnic, or nationality based profiling systems be used by our Department of Homeland Security even to defend our national interest?

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1112427

Entities

People

  • Alan G. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Civil Rights
  • Commerce
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Governments
  • High Explosives
  • Homeland Security
  • Law Enforcement
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • New York
  • Public Policy
  • Reasoning
  • Security
  • Societies
  • Special Forces
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United Kingdom
  • Violence

Readers

  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy