Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: DOES RACIAL PROFILING EXISTS? -- Racial Profiling Exists -- Racial Profiling Does Not Exist -- It Is Difficult to Establish Whether Racial Profiling Is Occurring -- How Affirmative Action Is Like Racial Profiling -- Affirmative Action Is Not Racial Profiling -- Behavioral Profiling Is Not Racial Profiling -- Behavioral Profiling Is Not Racial Profiling -- Behavioral Profiling Can Be Just as Discriminatory as Racial Profiling -- Racial Profiling Exists in Countries Other Than the United States -- Chapter 2: SHOULD ARAB MUSLIMS BE PROFILED IN THE WAR ON TERROR? -- Arab Muslims Should Be Frofiled by the Government -- Arab Muslims should Not Be Profiled by the Government -- Arab Muslims Are Profiled -- Arab Muslims Are Not Profiled -- Profiling Arab Muslims Is Essential to Fighting Terrorism -- Profiling Arab Muslims Is Ineffective in Fighting Terror -- Chapter 3: IS RACIAL PROFILING GENERALLY JUSTIFIABLE? -- Racial Profiling May Be an Effective Law Enforcement Technique -- Racial Profiling Is Effective -- Profiling Can Be Effective, but May Be Too Costly -- Profiling Japanese Americans During World War Ii Was Necessary -- Profiling Japanese Americans During World War II Was Unjustified -- Racial Profiling Is Medically Useful -- Racial Profiling Is Medically Useless -- Chapter 4: What Are the Consequences of Racial Profiling? -- Profiling Endangers Law-Abiding Citizens -- Racial Profiling Disrupts Commerce -- Accusations of Racial Profiling Alienate Law Enforcement -- Concerns About Racial Profiling Stifle Innovation in Law Enforcement Technology -- The Specter of Racial Profiling Obstructs Law Enforcement -- Racial Profiling Has Needlessly Complicated the War on Terror.