According to Bryan Stevenson (2012), “[t]here is no disconnect around technology and design that will allow us to be fully human until we pay attention to suffering, to poverty, to exclusion, to unfairness, to injustice. In his TED video, human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America’s justice system. To become a just society, Stevenson suggests “[t]hat we cannot be fully evolved human beings until we care about human rights and basic dignity. That all of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone. That our visions of technology and design and entertainment and creativity have to be married with visions of humanity, compassion and justice” (2012). Therefore, in the following paragraphs, I will discuss
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The referendum proposed having those dollars go to law enforcement and safety instead of spending $1 billion dollars on the death penalty in five years (Statistics Canada, 2015). Above is a prime example of how the political system affects justice agencies around the world. The political system affects change within Street Culture since they are funded by the federal government. The current philosophy within the criminal justice system is about punishment (Bryan Stevenson, 2012). However, Street Culture is trying to reduce and prevent at risk youth from being involved in a criminal lifestyle by utilizing “social entrepreneurship, positive role-modeling, community resources, positive social activities, education-based programming and life-skills training to enable youth” to change their lives (Street Culture Project Inc., n.d.). Street Culture’s efforts to help vulnerable youth are hindered due to their lack of funding from the federal government. The lack of funding that Street Culture obtains affects the amount of services and programs that the organization can offer to youth as well as the number of youth receiving support. Subsequently, the political system affects change within various justice agencies because the politics of fear and anger have made us believe that these problems are not our problems” (Bryan Stevenson, 2012). How can we address biases and
The referendum proposed having those dollars go to law enforcement and safety instead of spending $1 billion dollars on the death penalty in five years (Statistics Canada, 2015). Above is a prime example of how the political system affects justice agencies around the world. The political system affects change within Street Culture since they are funded by the federal government. The current philosophy within the criminal justice system is about punishment (Bryan Stevenson, 2012). However, Street Culture is trying to reduce and prevent at risk youth from being involved in a criminal lifestyle by utilizing “social entrepreneurship, positive role-modeling, community resources, positive social activities, education-based programming and life-skills training to enable youth” to change their lives (Street Culture Project Inc., n.d.). Street Culture’s efforts to help vulnerable youth are hindered due to their lack of funding from the federal government. The lack of funding that Street Culture obtains affects the amount of services and programs that the organization can offer to youth as well as the number of youth receiving support. Subsequently, the political system affects change within various justice agencies because the politics of fear and anger have made us believe that these problems are not our problems” (Bryan Stevenson, 2012). How can we address biases and