Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes.
Schauer, Frederick.
Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (376 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Painting with a Broad Brush -- 1. In Training with the Greeks -- 2. Pit Bulls, Golden Retrievers, and OtherDangerous Dogs -- 3. A Ride on the Blue Bus -- 4. Eighty-Year-Old Pilotsand Twelve-Year-Old Voters -- 5. The Women of the Virginia Military Institute -- 6. The Profilers -- 7. The Usual Suspects -- 8. Two Cheers for Procrustes -- 9. Ships with Altered Names -- 10. The Generality of Law -- 11. Generality, Community,and the Wars of the Roqueforts -- Coda: From the Justice of Generalityto the Generality of Justice -- Notes -- Index.
When the law makes decisions about groups based on averages, the public benefit can be enormous. On the other hand, profiling and stereotyping may lead to injustice. As Schauer argues, there is good profiling and bad profiling. If we can effectively determine which is which, we stand to gain, not lose, a measure of justice.
9780674043244
Stereotypes (Social psychology).
Decision making.
Judgment.
Forecasting.
Justice.
Electronic books.
HM1096
303.3/85
Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (376 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Painting with a Broad Brush -- 1. In Training with the Greeks -- 2. Pit Bulls, Golden Retrievers, and OtherDangerous Dogs -- 3. A Ride on the Blue Bus -- 4. Eighty-Year-Old Pilotsand Twelve-Year-Old Voters -- 5. The Women of the Virginia Military Institute -- 6. The Profilers -- 7. The Usual Suspects -- 8. Two Cheers for Procrustes -- 9. Ships with Altered Names -- 10. The Generality of Law -- 11. Generality, Community,and the Wars of the Roqueforts -- Coda: From the Justice of Generalityto the Generality of Justice -- Notes -- Index.
When the law makes decisions about groups based on averages, the public benefit can be enormous. On the other hand, profiling and stereotyping may lead to injustice. As Schauer argues, there is good profiling and bad profiling. If we can effectively determine which is which, we stand to gain, not lose, a measure of justice.
9780674043244
Stereotypes (Social psychology).
Decision making.
Judgment.
Forecasting.
Justice.
Electronic books.
HM1096
303.3/85