Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System CJA 344 Main Points Contention that racial discrimination does exist within the Criminal Justice System Cases that show the presence of racial Negative impacts due to racial discrimination discrimination Options to reduce racial discrimination in the Criminal Justice System Decision Racial Discrimination is in fact present in the Criminal Justice System Agreed upon by all members of Team B Definition Racial discrimination happens when a person is judged or treated unfairly based on the color of their skin Racial Discrimination exists in all aspects of the Justice System Case I BROWN v BOARD OF EDUCATION 1954 Segregation of White and Negro Children in Public Schools Case II Jarrer v Harris 2007 JetBlue T shirt Discrimination Case GRUTTER v BOLLINGER 2003 The University of Michigan allegedly discriminates against potential student based on Race Negative Impacts Creates a poor image of the criminal justice system for the public Shows the system as being unfair Creates an image that the public cannot trust their criminal justice system What happens then Ethical Issues It s wrong It s unfair It s immoral Our constitution claims that we are equal How can we say that if in our criminal justice system we judge people based on the color of their skin Encourage Communication within law enforcement Communication strategies Systematic approach Communication with minority communities System wide change Dedication within all levels More funding Use of alternative sentencing Citizen Police Interactions Eliminate racial profiling Responding to calls in white neighborhoods Social threat perspective References Marks Jonathan 2209 racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System Retreived from http criminal lawyers com blogs archives 887 Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System html Jollevet II F 2008 African American police executive careers Police Practice Research 9 1 Retrieved from EBSCOhost Stewart E A Baumer E P Brunson R K Simmons R L 2009 Neighborhood racial context and perceptions of police based racial discrimination among black youth Criminology Vol 47 3 Retrieved from EBSCOhost
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