Diversity In The Criminal System
Diversity in the Criminal System
What is diversity? Diversity means different things to different people. For some people it is defined as access to opportunities, equal regard in the workforce for all, affirmative action and social tolerance. The concept of diversity should represent, embrace and appreciate values, beliefs and uniqueness of all individuals’ characteristics.
The Audit Commission (2004) reports that to promote diversity effectively we need to stop doing the things that create barriers and start doing the things that break them down. While there are positive examples of practice, there still remains a need for further development of new knowledge and skill to work effectively to meet individual need. Butt (2006, p7) assesses …show more content…
The different cultural concepts they brought with them are evident in the buildings, food, lifestyles and social climates yet cultural diversity is not representative within the Criminal Justice system.
Since America is the most racially diverse democratic nation in the world. Our gains in economic prosperity, however, are not uniformly shared across society, as whole segments of
American communities have become marginalized. One fundamental aspect of this marginalization is the disparate treatment of persons of color which occurs incrementally across the entire spectrum of America’s criminal justice system. Racial and ethnic disparity foster public mistrust of the criminal justice system and this impedes our ability to promote public safety (Cole 1999).
Racial profiling is of concern for the African-American because it targets African-American males as criminals and it is a prelude to ongoing issues with demoralized characterization perceived by dominant groups, breakdown of two parent homes, unwarranted arrests, and difficulty in obtaining employment because, for the most part, they are unable to pass an employer background …show more content…
Differences in perceptions about the fairness of the police, the courts, prisons, and jails among racial and ethnic groups have been widely noted. National survey data indicate that blacks are more likely than whites to believe that the criminal justice system treats blacks more harshly (Crime and Criminal Justice 7), and some research based on particular groups or cities finds that both whites and members of minority groups believe that discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity is a problem in the administration of the criminal justice system.
The system serving most minorities does not conform to our society 's notion of individualized justice, of impartial, reflective decision making. Many minorities in our courts receive low level justice in every sense of the phrase -from where their courts are located (for example, the Housing Court in the Bronx) to the "assembly line" way in which their cases are
What is diversity? Diversity means different things to different people. For some people it is defined as access to opportunities, equal regard in the workforce for all, affirmative action and social tolerance. The concept of diversity should represent, embrace and appreciate values, beliefs and uniqueness of all individuals’ characteristics.
The Audit Commission (2004) reports that to promote diversity effectively we need to stop doing the things that create barriers and start doing the things that break them down. While there are positive examples of practice, there still remains a need for further development of new knowledge and skill to work effectively to meet individual need. Butt (2006, p7) assesses …show more content…
The different cultural concepts they brought with them are evident in the buildings, food, lifestyles and social climates yet cultural diversity is not representative within the Criminal Justice system.
Since America is the most racially diverse democratic nation in the world. Our gains in economic prosperity, however, are not uniformly shared across society, as whole segments of
American communities have become marginalized. One fundamental aspect of this marginalization is the disparate treatment of persons of color which occurs incrementally across the entire spectrum of America’s criminal justice system. Racial and ethnic disparity foster public mistrust of the criminal justice system and this impedes our ability to promote public safety (Cole 1999).
Racial profiling is of concern for the African-American because it targets African-American males as criminals and it is a prelude to ongoing issues with demoralized characterization perceived by dominant groups, breakdown of two parent homes, unwarranted arrests, and difficulty in obtaining employment because, for the most part, they are unable to pass an employer background …show more content…
Differences in perceptions about the fairness of the police, the courts, prisons, and jails among racial and ethnic groups have been widely noted. National survey data indicate that blacks are more likely than whites to believe that the criminal justice system treats blacks more harshly (Crime and Criminal Justice 7), and some research based on particular groups or cities finds that both whites and members of minority groups believe that discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity is a problem in the administration of the criminal justice system.
The system serving most minorities does not conform to our society 's notion of individualized justice, of impartial, reflective decision making. Many minorities in our courts receive low level justice in every sense of the phrase -from where their courts are located (for example, the Housing Court in the Bronx) to the "assembly line" way in which their cases are