identifies the personal and behavior characteristics that are relevant to terrorist threats to airport security, but does not rely on a single characteristic or even a small number of such characteristics in identifying a threat to airport security. Rather, rational profiling relies on the detection of many of these characteristics in relation to a single individual (Macdonald, 2002).
In practice, however, rational profiling does not differ markedly from criminal profiling. Critics contend that rational profiling is simply a change in nomenclature intended to justify the continued emphasis on demographically-based and culturally-based profiling in airport security operations. Most assuredly, underpaid, under trained, and over worked airport security screeners likely will not be able to apply such a program effectively. Combining rational profiling with CAPPS II, however, might develop effective profiling in a timely and a non-prejudicial manner.
A research study is proposed, the purposed of which will be to assess the inclusion of pro
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