University of Arizona Global Campus Information Literacy Racial Profiling Paper

Reflect

Each week of this course you will work on parts of your Week 5 final paper. In Week 2 you will begin by writing two paragraphs of your essay. These will be based on the research you have completed about your topic in this weekàScholarly Versus Popular Sources discussion forum. You will add more to your paper each week as we move forward. By Week 5 you will have completed a five-paragraph essay.

This was the topic and the discussion I posted. My topic is Racial Profiling ” I will use the first three steps of the research process to gather the information I need.

First, I will define the need and the audience of my paper. The audience will likely be prospective employers, so I need to make sure I provide a comprehensive overview of project management.

Second, I will do some background research to make sure I have a good understanding of the topic and any related subtopics. 

Third, I will narrow the scope of my research and define my research question. I will use the keywords above to search the library for relevant resources to answer my research questions.

Finally, I will communicate my findings in a clear and concise manner.

Explanation:

Racial profiling is the practice of focusing police and security attention on specific people based on their race or nationality. It is frequently used by law enforcement as a tool to find suspects who might be connected to crimes or other suspicious actions. Although racial profiling has been demonstrated to be ineffective and unconstitutional, it is still a common practice in many countries around the globe.

Questions:

1. What types of ethnic profiling are there?

2. In what ways have racial profiling rules and policies changed over time?

3. What long-term effects might ethnic profiling have?

Keywords:

the practice of “racial profiling”

“Racially biased practices”

“laws and rules”

The first three steps of the research procedure will be used by me.

Write

Using the GEN 103 APA Essay Template, write the first two paragraphs for the final paper. Use two articles that you found in Week 2 Discussion 1 to answer two of your research questions from the Week 1 Choose Your Research Topic discussion forum. Do not worry about in-text citations and references now; instead, use the sources you found in Week 2 Discussion 1 to respond to two of the questions you drafted in the Choose Your Research Topic discussion forum in Week 1. At this point you will not start the introduction, the conclusion, or the third research question section of the template.