For this reason Americans act differently. Racial profiling in the police community is statistically-based, and there are many documented cases to prove it. In Kenneth Meeks’ book, Driving While Black, there are numerous examples and events that happened in our country. In our society we place cops in a separate category by thinking they can do whatever they want and even though there are some reasons behind it, the fact is they are just people. Racism is not only a police problem; it is a problem this entire country faces every day.
According to official statistics, there are some significant ethnic differences in the likelihood of being involved in the criminal justice system. Black people, and to a lesser extent Asians are over represented in the sample. For example black people make up just 12.8% of the population, but 11% of the prison population and Asians make up 4.7% of the population, but 6% of the prison population. By contrast, white people are under-represented at all stages of the criminal justice process. The Ministry of Justice states that members of the black communities are seven times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched , three and a half times more likely to be arrested, and five times more like to be sent to prison.
Whites began to lynch blacks due to the belief that they were the superior race. In the years between 1882 and 1968, as many as 3,440 blacks were lynched, including men, women, and children. Some whites saw lynchings as offensive, but they supported them in order to keep order among the blacks. Whites believed that if blacks were not in constant fear, they would rebel. The belief of stereotypes played into the lynchings a significant amount.
If the only reason to pull someone over depends on his or her race, this causes a discriminatory impact. Police departments begun to review data on stops and change police officers behaviors, arguments and attitudes towards the leading of stereotype based discriminatory treatment. (Racial profiling, 2012) This researcher frowns much upon racial profiling but with surveys conducted every day on who is likely to commit a crime, and what age, and what sex, and what minority group then people tend to lean towards these surveys proving that race is a huge part of crime involvement. In conclusion, criminal profiling works as an investigative tool to help solve crimes. Criminal profiling has come a long way and still needs a lot of improvement.
Even within the same cities, "murder rate among black teens in Washington, D.C., is twenty-five times higher than that of white teens living a few Metro stops away." There are many facts that prove that the media cannot be the issue in this situation. Also, it isn't even children being violent most of the time. Three-Fourths of murdered kids are not murdered by children, but by adults. Also, the suicide rate of black teens is almost the same rate as black adults.
Even though all of these strains have an influence on the racial differences in crime, I believe that the community contributes a lot to these differences. By observing at a community, one can derive that a community branches out to numerous types of strain. According to the text, African Americans show a disproportionate number of residents who occupy areas where there are higher rates of violence and economical disadvantages. These disadvantaged neighborhoods usually lack good public schools, job opportunities, and more often promote criminal behavior. With the lack of job opportunities in a poverty infused area, one might succumb to criminal
Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice July Wright University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA 423 Shomari Gilford March 25, 2011 Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice Capital Punishment or the death penalty is one of the most controversial issues on American soil, exceeded by only those condemned to the wages of this unquestionable sin. Minorities such as Hispanics and African Americans, aggregate this continuous barrage of discrimination. Racial minorities are inexplicably prosecuted for violent crimes. It has become a debatable issue for a long period of time. Some people still believe that being born as a Hispanic or African American means becoming less of a person which is quite unfair for it is not the
The count here is 15 from northern cities, 8 from southern cities and 2 from western cities. So the “Southern subculture of violence” accounts of less than one third of the top 25 most violent cities in this country. And the two worst cities are very near where Dr. Sloan obtained his education. And when you peel back the facades that the politically correct crowd attempts to maintain, black on black crime is sadly the prime cause in many of the southern cities. Judge Marvin Arrington, a black judge in Atlanta, confirms that in Atlanta, African-Americans are 54 percent of the population, but are responsible for 100 percent of homicide, 95 percent of rape, 94 percent of robbery, 84 percent of aggravated assault, and 93 percent of burglary.
When tempers flare and it is very common for an individual to strike back with anger instead on focusing on what needs to be done. Simply stating who the conflict starter had done, and discussing what can be done to fix the problem. Defusing conflict can be a difficult task in everyday life and it is especially in the criminal justice field. In the criminal justice field conflict resolution is necessary in areas in the criminal justice field such as hostage negotiations and community policing. Hostage negotiators must be able to communication successfully with suspects and evaluate the mental state of a suspect and determine how much of a threat he or she is to the hostage(s).
That also applies within the criminal justice system. For example, it’s extremely rare to hear of a woman who is on death row, even though they commit first degree murder just as men do. Ever since the ancient days, the criminal justice system has been more sympathetic towards