Unit 4 AS: Law Enforcement and Arab American/Middle

Easterners
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Key Issues Associated with Law Enforcement Among Arab
Americans
 Distrust Between Arab America communities and law
enforcement (Henderson et al.,2008).
 Lack of cultural awareness among law enforcement officers for
Arab American communities
Key Issues Associated with Law Enforcement Among Arab
Americans Cont.….

 Language Barriers
 Concerns about immigration
status and fear of deportation
Reasons For Arab/Middle Eastern Immigration to U.S.

Political Instability
Economic Pursuit
Religious persecution
 Reasons For Arab/Middle Eastern Immigration to U.S.
Religious persecution
 Impact of Arab/Middle Eastern stereotypes on law enforcement

High Amounts of False reports

Increased Stop overs for Arab Americans
Mistrust
 Impact of Arab/Middle Eastern stereotypes Arab Americans

Poor relations with other religions

Harassment
Discrimination
Labelled as terrorists
 Suggestions for Evidence Collection

Pre-arrest questioning is not necessary to be answered.

However in some situations where identification is required, one
must provide.
 Suggestions for Evidence Collection

Police officers should use appropriate communication by involving

both verbal and nonverbal cues for persons to hinder cross culture
language barriers.
 References

Henderson, N. J., Ortiz, C. W., Sugie, N. F., & Miller, J. (2008).

Policing in Arab-American Communities After September 11.
Annotation.
Kayyali, R. A. (2006). The Arab Americans. Greenwood Publishing
Group.