Racism And Racial Discrimination In The Criminal Justice System

The Unites Sates of American continues to be the most racially diverse democratic nation in the world. One fundamental aspect of marginalization is the continuously unequal treatment of minorities which occurs incrementally across the entire spectrum of modern-day criminal justice system. At the turn of the twenty-first century, society continue to grapple with perceptions of and the reality of unfairness and racism in our justice system. Research conducted W.E.B. DuBosi illustrated minorities remain overrepresented in delinquency, offending, victimization, and at all stages of the criminal justice process. The large body of research has contributed greatly toward the understanding of race and crime in America; and the studies have produced …show more content…
Following the Rodney King incident, the report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department found that there was excessive use of force by LAPD officers and that this was triggered by racism and bias. One quarter of the 960 LAPD officers surveyed for this research by the commission agreed and acknowledged that officers held a racial bias towards minorities. In addition, more than one agreed that this racial bias could lead to the use of excessive force. The commission also reviewed radio transmissions within the LAPD deportment that exposed officers were verbally harassed minorities. In another research that of the New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities, a panel of judges, attorneys and law professors found that “there are two justice systems at work in the courts of New York State; one for whites, and a very different one for ministries”. The panel found inequality, disparate treatment and injustice based on race. It also reported that minority cases often took only 4 or 5 minutes in court, suggesting a form of assembly justice. However, it is extremely