targeting of minority groups. Though mandatory minimums can be seen as a way to discourage people from offending‚ or reoffending‚ this is a very person-dependent characteristic to base
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Racial and ethnic disparities in health disproportionately affect minority Americans. One of the greatest challenges facing the US healthcare system is the persistence of disparities in infant and maternal health among the different racial and ethnic groups. Now a day a major concern which is affecting communities on overall pertaining to childbirth is preterm births in the United States of America. In fact‚ preterm births and low birth weight have negative consequences not only for the infants
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In America there have been multiple tyrannical actions that the government have used on citizens and innocent bystanders. One of these actions are called “Stop and Frisk” which is a prevalent tactic used‚ especially in New York. “Stop and Frisk” means to be randomly searched by police or high authority when they suspect a bystander is carrying something suspicious. “Stop and Frisk” is a political issue that has been a concern for a long period of time. According to the articles “Growing up with Stop
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We may have come a long way in regards to equality and social justice‚ however we have so much further to go. There are many Native Americans‚ African‚ American‚ and other minorities that are still left behind. Today there are people by the thousands‚ living as second class citizens‚ stripped of their natural born rights. The idea that we are all equal‚ is just an illusion. It is time that we Americans come together and strive for true equality and social justice. The future of Native Americans
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Introduction: The purpose of this paper will be to examine the extent in which capital punishment is allowed in the United States. Since early colonial America‚ the death penalty has been a major issue of debate among the public. Highly contested topics‚ beginning with the questionable morality of such a punishment and growing into more sophisticated arguments relating to the Eighth Amendment and race‚ have led to numerous United States Supreme Court cases looking to determine the extent in which
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As I walked through the O’Hare International airport check-in queue‚ on a busy festive week‚ I noticed the queue was moving a lot faster than usual. I felt relieved and thought myself to be lucky. A group of Chicago college graduates ahead of me breezed through the initial security check‚ then I got through but just then‚ I saw a little stir in the queue and turned back to see a middle age Muslim gentleman was being cross-questioned. The man was allowed to pass after a brief questioning about his
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outcomes that are based on ethnicity as well as racism is referred to as racism in the criminal justice system. It is essential to have an understanding when it comes to racism in delinquency since it can shed some light on how the youth who are minority face inequalities within the justice system. The importance of this understanding tends to address the disparities in order to ensure just as well as fair treatment for every individual regardless of race or ethnicity. This paper intends to explore
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Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) states minorities (such as African Americans or Latinos) have a disproportionate amount of contact with the criminal justice system when compared to their white counterparts. Two perspectives that explain this disproportionality are differential offending and differential treatment. Differential offending argues there is an actual difference in offending between races; DMC is a result of minorities committing more crimes than their white counterparts (Hindelang
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“exposure to toxins which occurs through pesticides in food‚ heavy metals‚ synthetic chemicals‚ plastic residues‚ pesticides‚ and other chemical products in the water‚ and toxic chemicals in the air and soil” which has been shown to be more common in minority populations. In fact‚ the large amount of instances of disease caused by environmental injustice has caused the United States to lag behind significantly on issues of health compared to other developed countries‚ as found by Brulle. This problem
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punishment that exceeds the constitutional limits set by the Charter… they mandate punishment that is grossly disproportionate to what an appropriate sentencing disposition can be in some circumstances” (R v. Dickey). A large portion of the offences carrying MMS‚ specifically drug offences‚ have the effect of targeting marginalized groups. Since the implementation of the Firearms Act‚ minorities have been disproportionately affected‚ none more than Aboriginal people. Professor Chartrand
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