Overrepresentation Of Ethnic Minorities
The impact of this pattern of overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in Maryland's prison system has not only caused an expansion of the prison bureaucracy, but has had an effect on the state's economic, social and political milieu.
Increasing number of African-American males find themselves, in their early years, tangled with the judicial system with little or no appropriate representation, and even in circumstances where they are not guilty, are forced to plea bargain and received harsh sentences for crimes they did not commit (Free 1997).
The African American woman's hope of marrying an African American male who has completed college becomes less and less likely, and society again, labels her as counter to the mainstream expectation of
Increasing number of African-American males find themselves, in their early years, tangled with the judicial system with little or no appropriate representation, and even in circumstances where they are not guilty, are forced to plea bargain and received harsh sentences for crimes they did not commit (Free 1997).
The African American woman's hope of marrying an African American male who has completed college becomes less and less likely, and society again, labels her as counter to the mainstream expectation of