Minorities are being overrepresented in the criminal justice system with numbers as high as “30% of the probation population (approximately 1.2 million people)‚ 44% of the prison population (est. 586‚300)‚ and over 40% for the parole population (est. 309‚000)” all of which are African American (Taxman‚ Byrne‚ 2005). The numbers continue to grow for the Hispanic population as well “12% of probationers (491‚700)‚ 18% of parolees (136‚000)‚ and 19% of prison inmates (251‚000) are Hispanic” (Taxman‚
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The justice system in America is not always fair. Everyone has their own beliefs‚ personality‚ and background that affect how they think. The justice system will never be completely fair‚ everyone has different ideas with what is fair and what is not fair. Just because something is fair doesn’t always mean it is equal. There are many factors that affect the opinions of the justice system‚ you don’t know if the person is telling the complete truth‚ your background‚ and how biased you are. While
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First Nations and the Justice System First Nations are badly represented within our current justice system. They face a forced environment that does not represent their needs. Many of the problems that First Nations peoples face with respect to the justice system are influenced by their historical place in native and early in Canada. The first European settlers view of land ownership was a lot different from the Aboriginal theory that all things are related and development is viewed as circling
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Some barriers that prevent us from listening effectively are trying to listen to more than one conversation at a time. You are not interested. Not focusing on the conversation. Sympathizing rather than empathizing. To over come these barriers would be instead of trying to listen to more than one conversation at a time try to focus on one conversation first then focus on the second conversation after the first one is finished. And try to have conversations in a least distracting environment. With
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U.S. Criminal Justice System HSIN-CHIEH LIN BLACK STUDIES 100 JANUARY 13‚ 1997 In order to keep a safe society‚ it is important to establish a nation with good education to teach people judging from right or wrong ‚ excellent police force to keep our street safe‚ and most of all‚ a good criminal justice system to carry out the justice. United States is a place with little crimes‚ a nation with nice houses‚ beautiful beaches‚ and expensive shops without property just
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The criminal justice system is constantly degrading the African American life. Some of the law enforcement personnel at times target only the minorities as criminal suspects‚ which eventually scolds the racial population of the people arrested and charged(Cole‚ Smith‚ & DeJong‚ 2013). This causes a big conflict between the black and the white race. Racial profiling is a major problem that the U.S. criminal justice system has (Cole‚ Smith‚ & DeJong‚ 2013). This involves the classification of criminal
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The events of misunderstanding a case can lead to unnecessary punishments that weren’t caused by the prosecuted‚ which is what the justice system has done multiple times. The system isn’t perfect but there are mistakes that should not have happened which lead to the extensive struggle of a person for many years to come. Problems occur among the justice system when there is not enough evidence or false evidence that accuse the wrong person and is given an injustice ruling for nothing. The first innocent
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The actors of the criminal justice system response are often shaped by the first level of contact with the victim. As previously stated police officers and detectives are often the first levels of contact. When a police officer or detective responses to a victim‚ they set the stage for how they are viewed by the entire system. Information obtained in initial investgations creates a case against the offender. This will affect how the prosecutors and defense attorneys approach the case. Lastly‚ ultimately
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the accepted forms of conduct. The law is intended to be a neutral aspect existent to solve society’s problems‚ a system specially designed to provide people with peace and order. Within the Canadian legal system‚ there is the Canadian criminal justice system‚ which is meant to guarantee the safety of citizens within the country and is used to sustain social control and deliver justice for a society. In the year of 2011‚ the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced
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Misuse in the Justice system. Many people are convicted of wrongful crimes that they never committed. This is due to bias‚ racism‚ and of course corruption. A total of 20‚000 people are wrongfully accused of a crime they never committed. This is a number that should not be ignored. We need to explore the effects of this justice system and what influences the outcome of the cases. One of the causes that influence the outcome of the case is bias. Bias is a prejudice in favor of an object or person
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