Ivy Tech Community College
Patricia Smihter
Factors That Can Influence Justice In America There are several factors that can influence justice in America. I find that you can read and look up information all day on justice in America as far back as history goes. The constitution of the United States and the Supreme Court help set laws and regulations of factors that influence America. Factors that can influence justice in America can vary in topic from race, crime, prisons, policing, even courts. Organized crime is one of the factors that can influence justice in America. Organized crime may be defined as systematically unlawful activity for profit on city wide, interstate, and even international scale. Crime organizations keep their illegal operations secret, and members confer by word of mouth. Gangs sometimes become sufficiently systematic to be called organized. The act of engaging in criminal activity as a structural group if refined in the United States as racketeering (u-s-history.com). The criminal organization depends in part on support from the society in which it extends. Therefore, it is frequently expedient for it to compromise some of society’s upright members – especially people in the judiciary, police forces, and legislature – through bribery, blackmail, and cultination of mutually dependent relationships with legitimate business. Thus a racket is integrated into lawful society, shielded by corrupted law officers and politicians – and legal counsel. It’s revenue comes from narcotics trafficking, extortion, gambling, and prostitution, among others (u-s-history.com). The Supreme Court is another factor that ensures justice in America. “Equal Justice Under Law” – These words are written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court building, express the ultimate