Ethnic Minority

Ethnic minority in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of ethnic minority.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Policeman
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• ethnic minority in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• ethnic minority in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Ethnic Minority

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Ethnic Minority : A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a state whose members are nationals of that state and possess cultural, religious, or linguistic characteristics distinct from those of the total population and show, If only implicitly, a sense of solidarity, directed towards preserving their own social customs, religion, or language. The attempted extirpation of an ethnic minority by the forces of the majority within a state (known as ethnic cleansing) can be regarded as a crime against humanity (See war crimes) justifying humanitarian intervention.