The effects of Media Representation on young black men and crime with particular attention to news reporting in the United Kingdom. 1 RESEARCH PROBLEM To find out if the reinforcement of certain stereotypes of crime through the “news” result in the undermining of racial progress in our society? 1.1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1. Does the way the media represent young black men contribute to their criminal behaviors? 2.
Contrastingly whites are underrepresented. However such statistics do not tell us whether members of one ethnic group are more likely than members of another ethnic group to commit an offence in the first place; they just tell us about involvement in the criminal justice system. For example differences in stop and search or arrest rates may be due to police racism, while differences in rates of imprisonment may be the result of courts handing down harsher sentences on minorities. There are other sources of statistics to reveal link of ethnicity and offending. Victim surveys ask individuals to say what crimes they have been victims of.
The idea behind this research is to try and point out some of the disparities in sentencing, and possibly offer some potential ways to reduce the problem. “Racial disparity in sentencing, historical representation of current biases, plea bargaining and racial profiling are all factors contributing to the current over-representation of minorities in the judicial system, further threatening the African American community and weakening the family. Aggregate data and statistics compiled supports the assumption that African Americans are disproportionately subjected to conditions such as racial profiling, traffic stops leading to searches and seizures yielding minor offenses that lead to incarceration, rather than probation or rehabilitation. Further, they are given much longer, disparate prison sentencing than white offenders under similar circumstances. These systematic disparate treatments contribute to a dysfunctional community and lead to the socioeconomic destruction of the African American family infrastructure.” (Coulson-Clark, et.
This classification makes sense because if crime is caused by terrorists; terrorist will cause crimes. If the majority of minorities are in prisons, then people of color will end up in prison. On the opposing side of racial profiling, many minorities feel that it is a form of racial discrimination that only hurts the good image law enforcement upholds. For example, the California Highway Patrol has recently been taken to court for the misuse of racial profiling. Therefore, a compromise must be made because it would be ideological to believe that there can be a government that bans the use of racial identification.
These additional disparities can arise without discriminatory intent or conscious prejudice. While criminals come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, crimes committed more by minorities are being looked into, thus there being more minorities incarcerated for these crimes. One example is the recent enforcement of drug laws in recent years. Drug crimes are more prone to occur in poverty-stricken neighborhoods where minorities most often reside. Minorities are
How Shared Conditions of Young Black Men influence the Progress of Certain Cultural Forms Nickens Decius Black Popular Culture AFA 2004 Dr. Queeley 4/24/15 Cultural Forms of Young Black Men Research Question: How do particular shared conditions of young black men in different geographic and national contexts influence the development of certain cultural forms? Topic of research: Cultural forms of young black men Thesis statement: Young black men share a number a number of characteristics and conditions that predispose them to certain distinctive cultures, although most of the cultural forms are innate in the young black men irrespective of geographic location. Overview of the project: This paper explores how particular shared conditions of young black men in different geographic and national contexts influence the development of certain cultural forms. In addition, the paper gives broad and specific description of the young black men, their connection to certain cultural forms, why they adopt such cultures, the geographic distribution of the cultures and the most notable periods in which such cultures developed. This paper gives the historical and relevant backgrounds on the cultural forms of young black men all over the world with succinct arguments concerning each phenomenon that affects the young black men (Clay, 2003).
First and for most, to be able to identify the suspect and be able to contact them for further information or hearing information we must obtain their personal information. The other reason police get certain specific information form suspects is for statistical purposes. They use the FBI’s uniform crime report to form probabilities of which races were most likely to commit which crimes, where are they going to commit those crimes and what time of day will they possible commit them. The problem with race when determining guilt or innocence or whether to adjudicate a juvenile is that no matter what the crime when it comes to minorities most feel they are treated unfairly. They think that they system has it in for them and is biased to their ethnicity.
In my opinion racial profiling doesn’t serve any legitimate purpose in catching more criminals. “According to the Public Health Service, approximately 70% of drug users are white, 15% are black, and 8% are Latino. But the Department of Justice reports that among those imprisoned on drug charges, 26% are white, 45% are black, and 21% are Latino” (Head, 2011). Not only does racial profiling in fact not have any legitimate effect on catching more criminals, but it also has a negative effect. Racial profiling can divide a community, it can
Challenging Racial Disparities Sara Plautz Cultural Diversity Issues in Criminal Justice CJA 344 July 25, 2011 Christopher Moreno Challenging Racial Disparities The wide-ranging effects of disparity in the criminal justice system are explored heavily. Race differences in criminal issues and racial patterns have been deep important topics open for discussion. The mystery is finding a better resolution for disparity issues in society. There are many challenges that impact the disproportionate rates of colored people in diverse neighborhoods. In our society it is assumed we are all treated equally, but in fact many times this is not true.
The processing of such traumatic experiences is a large catalyst for the categorization of inner cities as war zones. It is commonly understood that continuous mental and emotional stress ages one’s worldview in unexpected, yet deterministic ways. This determinism from cultural trauma is what shapes and forms one’s ideologies that serve as foundations for identities that one would call anything but ‘youthful,’ unless audiences want to expand the definition of ‘youth’ to include trauma based on poverty, marginalization, and disenfranchisement. Black youth in American inner cities are looking over their shoulders even while playing outside (if they are even allowed outside). For inner city Black teens in the ‘hood, especially boys, life is serious every moment of the