Conflict theory plays an important role when examining racial profiling because in a patriarchal society it looks at the struggle for power and one of the reasons behind racial profiling is to maintain society in “order” and as it currently is, i.e. a society dominated by white males. To maintain this power there must be an obvious distinction between majorities and minorities. Racial minorities are seen as a threat to the ruling class. Conflict theory states that the ruling class will control crime as a way to limit the minority that threatens it, which is partly what racial profiling is about. “Organizations will minimize pressures on themselves by probing those who are politically weak and powerless, while refraining from probing those who are politically powerful.” (Chambliss and Seidman (1971, p. 269) (Petrocelli et al., 2002) Conflict theory appears for the problem to result in positive change. Racial profiling would never have been a reason to appeal your 50 year sentence ago, but today it already is