(Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 2013). Within five years‚ nearly half will find themselves back behind bars. As Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world‚ this State is faced with serious challenges in handling its prison population. The recidivism rate is reasonably high‚ and the costs for taxpayers are billions of dollars; reducing recidivism in Louisiana is one of the first objectives of the current administration. As the incarceration population continues to grow‚ the state budget shrinks
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Young African American Male and the Criminal Justice System Marc Mauer Assistant Director The Sentencing Project Prepared for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights April 15-16‚ 1999 Washington‚ D.C. 2 THE CRISIS OF THE YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Marc Mauer Assistant Director The Sentencing Project Introduction In recent years policy attention regarding the crisis of the African American male has focused on a variety of areas in which African American males
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our prisons at lowering recidivism rates in the USA? By Shomari Bridgewater Ms Angelia Turner Introduction to Criminal Justice 15 November 2012 How affective are our prisons at lowering recidivism rates in the USA? There are many functions of prisons these are: to punish offenders‚ to rehabilitate them and put them in a position to be modal citizens. First and foremost a prisons aim should be to prevent and deter those who enter the gates from returning. Recidivism is the term used to describe
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privilege that not all people could access. African-Americans have not always had an opportunity to receive a formal education‚ and African-American males have not had the same advantages as others. Although African-American males can access higher education today‚ their college completion rates have
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African Americans tend to fall under a lower class due to discrimination. African Americans are less likely to own a house‚ less likely to have a consistent job‚ and less likely to have the same pay as Caucasians. According to Shin‚ a personal financier‚ “The median white homeowner’s house is worth $85‚800 compared to $50‚000 for black homeowners. Discriminatory lending also exists today: Mortgages obtained by households of color tend to have higher interest rates” (Shin). African Americans are discriminated
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African Americans today constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population‚ and one in three black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime (“Criminal”‚ par.4).Since African Americans make up 13.3% of the American population‚ this number is incredibly high(Williams‚ par.1). These staggering numbers reveal how skewed and unequal the current justice system is. People deserves equal and consistent judgment in the court of law. African Americans
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African American Inventor Patricia Bath Dr. Patricia Bath‚ an Ophthalmological Surgeon‚ inventor‚ and activist for patient’s rights‚ was born November4‚ 1942 in Harlem‚ New York. She is the daughter of Rupert Bath‚ who was an educated and well travel merchant seaman and Gladys Bath‚ who was a homemaker and housecleaner. Dr. Bath had a passion for books‚ travel and science. She was good in biology‚ which showed in high school when she became editor of the Charles Evans Hugh School’s science paper
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Why were casualties so high on the Western Front? There are many reasons for the casualties on the western front during World War I‚ such as the length of the war‚ the weapons involved‚ strategy and tactics‚ and the conditions. The total number of casualties in World War I‚ both military and civilian‚ was about 37 million: 16 million deaths and 21 million wounded. Throughout this essay‚ I will explain how each of these things affected the number of people who died on the Western Front. The first
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black crime” exemplifies any other type of gang violence today. Crime itself is classified to be an illegal act that harms the public welfare or morals. I am interested in gang violence because I have had family members and friends die because of it‚ so I can relate on a more personal level. This is becoming a rising issue in urban communities whether we fail to recognize it or not due to the fact that innocent lives are being taken away. How can we expect to progress as a country if our youth is dying
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achievements in other fields of work. African Americans are represented as athletes even though there has been many more achievements in the culture. The young males are manipulated at a young age and base their lives off a career they have seen all their life‚ but will not be able to be successful as an athlete. Although the media tends to represent the African Americans in sports in a positive way‚ there overrepresentation causeses young African Americans to believe that is the only way to achieve
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