Racial Dicrimination
Capstone: Racial Profiling by Law Enforcement
One of the most imperative elements of today’s society is the Criminal Justice System. The criminal justice system’s purpose is to uphold social control, deter and mitigate crime, and sanction those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts. While conducting research I have identified three issues that need to be addressed. These issues can be fixed with research and effort to correct issue. The three issues include racial profiling, prison violence and overcrowding, and juvenile crime. One issue in the criminal justice system is racial profiling by law enforcement. One important thing people need to understand that no one race is inherently worse than another. People should be treated or judged as individuals and afforded equal rights. Every race is profiled or judged by other individuals or by law enforcement. Racial profiling is a form of discrimination, in which someone is discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, religion, or nationality. Racial profiling is an issue because it infringes upon an individual’s 4th and 14th Amendment, it wrongly accuses and targets minorities, and it prevents law enforcement from serving the entire community. Another issue in the criminal justice system is prison violence and overcrowding. Prison violence is a common issue among prisons everywhere in the world. While in prison, inmates feel angry and alienated. Prison violence does not only occur between inmates, it can also happen between guards and inmates. Prison violence can begin by a simple argument, disagreement, feeling threatened, or anger built up in an inmate. One way to prevent this from happening is to separate violent offenders and non violent offenders. When all of them are housed together, tensions may rise. Another way to prevent this would be to house the vulnerable offenders separate from the rest of the prison population. The last issue of concern in the
One of the most imperative elements of today’s society is the Criminal Justice System. The criminal justice system’s purpose is to uphold social control, deter and mitigate crime, and sanction those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts. While conducting research I have identified three issues that need to be addressed. These issues can be fixed with research and effort to correct issue. The three issues include racial profiling, prison violence and overcrowding, and juvenile crime. One issue in the criminal justice system is racial profiling by law enforcement. One important thing people need to understand that no one race is inherently worse than another. People should be treated or judged as individuals and afforded equal rights. Every race is profiled or judged by other individuals or by law enforcement. Racial profiling is a form of discrimination, in which someone is discriminated against based on race, ethnicity, religion, or nationality. Racial profiling is an issue because it infringes upon an individual’s 4th and 14th Amendment, it wrongly accuses and targets minorities, and it prevents law enforcement from serving the entire community. Another issue in the criminal justice system is prison violence and overcrowding. Prison violence is a common issue among prisons everywhere in the world. While in prison, inmates feel angry and alienated. Prison violence does not only occur between inmates, it can also happen between guards and inmates. Prison violence can begin by a simple argument, disagreement, feeling threatened, or anger built up in an inmate. One way to prevent this from happening is to separate violent offenders and non violent offenders. When all of them are housed together, tensions may rise. Another way to prevent this would be to house the vulnerable offenders separate from the rest of the prison population. The last issue of concern in the
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