Question

Which of these would be an example of cultural bias in profiling?

a) Investigators are sure that their suspect is a tall male because they have found large footprints in the mud.
b) Investigators conclude that the victim allowed the suspect to enter the home, so they knew each other.
C) Investigators say that the suspect must be of a certain minority because that is who usually commits the crime in their precinct.
d) Investigators look for all the people leaving the crime scene to see if they are possible suspects.

Answer 1

C) Investigators say that the suspect must be of a certain minority because that is who usually commits the crime in their precinct.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cultural bias is the action where by someone holds a bias about a particular group of people or ethnicity due to the negative information which he or she had been feed with while growing up.

For example, when someone believes that, all crimes committed in America is done by African American people is a typical example of cultural bias. In the scenario given above, for the investigator to believe that, the suspect to be a certain minority rather than having an open view that it could have been anyone shows cultural bias and profiling of the investigators.