CRM J 205 1nd Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I The Social Construction of Terrorism and Privilege II Family Wealth III Who Makes the Laws enforces the laws adjudicates the law and disposes of those in violation of the law IV A prom Divided V The Facts Outline of Current Lecture I Race and Criminal Justice Issues a 2009 Incarceration rates in state and federal b Rates of rape and sexual assault against Native American Women are Higher than for either White or African American Women II Racism in the Criminal Justice System III Disparity vs Discrimination Current Lecture I Race and Criminal Justice Issues a The present Crisis Race and ethnicity b Linked to most criminal justice problems The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line c W E B Dubois 1 2009 Incarceration Rates in State and Federal Prisons a African Americans 6 7 times the rates for whites 4 749 vs 708 respectively per 100 000 These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 2 Rates of rape and sexual assault against Native American Women are Higher than for either White or African American Women a Response is complicated b Racial profiling continues to permeate as a topic of police contact c A 2010 Arizona law directing local police to check the immigration status of anyone they believe might be an undocumented immigrant II Racism in the Criminal Justice System a Some assert this myth b MacDonald Is the criminal justice system racist c Some assert this as not a myth d Some see genetics rather than historical realities as relevant to crime 1 Poor data exist on race in criminal justice 2 American sociologists and criminologists have done a very poor job of studying the relationship of race ethnicity and crime III Disparity Discrimination a Disparity 1 Difference not always about Discriminations b Discrimination 2 Differential treatment not based on behavior or qualifications c Systematic discrimination 1 Disparities based on established policies d Contextual discrimination racial profiling 1 Discrimination in certain situation e Individual discrimination 1 Discrimination in certain situations f Pure Justice No such thing 1 No Discrimination
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