In 2002 black Americans accounted for 27 percent of all arrests, including both person and property crimes. Various factors have been cited for the relatively large presence of blacks in America's criminal justice system. Part is certainly due to the racial discrimination that permeates all aspects of American society. Studies showed police officers were more likely to shoot and use excessive force against black suspects, though this tendency had declined by the early twenty-first century.
It is also true policing occurs at higher levels in minority communities, and that black Americans are targeted much more frequently in racial profiling. Judges and parole officers are also influenced by the race of offenders. Many believe these patterns have declined through the late twentieth century as more minorities have become employed in the criminal justice system, from policing to sitting on the bench in judge positions.
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about 1 month ago
Enforcement is higher in Blk areas because the incidents of crime is higher, most of which is Black on Black. Police more likely to shoot or use force because they are more likly to be shoot or attacked by black offenders than any other racial group. CAUSES: 1965 LBJ increased welfare for woman who were paid more for each child. However, they were not eligable if a man lived with them. This distroyed black families. Then we replaced the drug trade for honest income and gangster rap for cultural guidence. Instead of corrcting the problem organizations like the NAACP blamed everyone but thenselves.
about 1 year ago
More Black people in the criminal justice system will not affect the way that Blacks and other Minorities are treated because there is the constant need for Black Law enforcement officials to "fit in" and not risk being ostracized for taking a stance against racial discrimination. Also because the police have an us versus them approach to fighting crime, the minority officers are much less likely to intervene when another minority citizen is being victimized in a racially charged manner.