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“Because the Black community is subject to much greater police surveillance, they are also much more likely to be caught when they break the law than White people who engage in the same forms of criminal activity."

Discrimination or “Good” Policing? The Racial Profiling Debate in Canada Discrimination or “Good” Policing? The Racial Profiling Debate in Canada Because the Black community is subject to much greater police surveillance, they are also much more likely to be caught when they break the law than White people who engage in the same forms of criminal activity. For example, 65 % of the Black drug dealers... report that they have been arrested at some time in their lives, compared to only 35 % of the White drug dealers. Because the Black community is subject to much greater police surveillance, they are also much more likely to be caught when they break the law than White people who engage in the same forms of criminal activity. For example, 65 % of the Black drug dealers... report that they have been arrested at some time in their lives, compared to only 35 % of the White drug dealers.
Discrimination or “Good” Policing? The Racial Profiling Debate in Canada
Our Diverse Cities
Wortley, Scot / Tanner, Julian
January 2004
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.583.7216&rank=1
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