According to Peck (2015), many states are still plagued by the continued practice of racially motivated arrests, which also places a strain on the criminal justice system and drains resources meant for ensuring fairness in case handling. Notably, the dependence of the justice system on other elements such as the policing structure make it difficult to develop actionable responses on the judicial end since the majority of cases originate from the police force. However, Atiba Giff and Barsamian Kahn (2012) notes that some measures have proven effective in reducing racially charged arrests, such as some states’ approaches whereby officers are required to produce digital records of any incident involving a stop and search procedure. This is indicative of the need to evolve the justice system to accommodate technologies and procedures that can increase accountability and fairness in the system’s treatment of the society that it
According to Peck (2015), many states are still plagued by the continued practice of racially motivated arrests, which also places a strain on the criminal justice system and drains resources meant for ensuring fairness in case handling. Notably, the dependence of the justice system on other elements such as the policing structure make it difficult to develop actionable responses on the judicial end since the majority of cases originate from the police force. However, Atiba Giff and Barsamian Kahn (2012) notes that some measures have proven effective in reducing racially charged arrests, such as some states’ approaches whereby officers are required to produce digital records of any incident involving a stop and search procedure. This is indicative of the need to evolve the justice system to accommodate technologies and procedures that can increase accountability and fairness in the system’s treatment of the society that it