Race, Community, or Population Affect by the Criminal Justice System 2
During the century between the American Revolution and Civil Wars, population growth and industrialization spurred the development of municipal police departments. Philadelphia organized an independent, 24-hour police force in the 1830s, and New York created day and nighttime forces in the
1840s. Meanwhile, the old sheriff system followed the national expansion west, and still exists in many counties today. Today, sheriff and police departments are virtually identical in function. The main difference is that sheriffs are elected while police chiefs are appointed by local governments. By the mid-
1800s, reformers lost patience with the idea of reform and focused on deterrence …show more content…
Since this evolution of the criminal justice system many feel that it has been designed to attack certain races or populations of America. In today’s society more African-Americans have had encounters with the police than any other race on the scale. Police have a tendency of “watching” blacks than others because they feel as if they are more likely to commit the crime when that’s not true. This has caused a great separation between the communities and the police world making it very difficult for either to function properly. More blacks have also been killed by police officers because they “felt in fear of their life”. Many say that the news media has a big part in exposing the negative side of this accusation but in reality many see this mistreatment of African-Americans for themselves within their own communities.
During a routine traffic stop if an officer stops a Caucasian individual they feel that everything will be fine, but if they were to pull over someone of the black race they immediately feel they need to call for back-up. Despite the gender or age of the black person they feel that their life is automatically in danger just because of the person being …show more content…
Speaking from personal experience I have been detained by the police many times because I “favored” a suspect of a crime. The individual they were looking for was a male, 5’7, dark skinned, and had dreds. Now I am a female, 5’9, medium complexion, but I also have dreds. After explaining myself to the officers I was still taken to the “lock-up” and taken into the lineup process just to ensure my information was accurate. I feel that my constitutional rights as an American of this country were violated, but when taken to court the judge stated the officers did what was necessary to ensure I was innocent. This really offended me because I felt as a black person my rights did not matter and my voice could not be heard. This is how many other blacks feel as well. When we look at the imprisonment rate more African-Americans are incarcerated than any other race combined. African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated populations and are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. Together, African American and Hispanics comprised 58% of all prisoners in 2008, but if African American and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates of whites, today's prison and jail populations would decline by approximately 50%. A lot of individuals keep saying that the system serves and protects each American society to the fullest but that is not obviously the case. One in six black men had been incarcerated as of 2001. When looking
During the century between the American Revolution and Civil Wars, population growth and industrialization spurred the development of municipal police departments. Philadelphia organized an independent, 24-hour police force in the 1830s, and New York created day and nighttime forces in the
1840s. Meanwhile, the old sheriff system followed the national expansion west, and still exists in many counties today. Today, sheriff and police departments are virtually identical in function. The main difference is that sheriffs are elected while police chiefs are appointed by local governments. By the mid-
1800s, reformers lost patience with the idea of reform and focused on deterrence …show more content…
Since this evolution of the criminal justice system many feel that it has been designed to attack certain races or populations of America. In today’s society more African-Americans have had encounters with the police than any other race on the scale. Police have a tendency of “watching” blacks than others because they feel as if they are more likely to commit the crime when that’s not true. This has caused a great separation between the communities and the police world making it very difficult for either to function properly. More blacks have also been killed by police officers because they “felt in fear of their life”. Many say that the news media has a big part in exposing the negative side of this accusation but in reality many see this mistreatment of African-Americans for themselves within their own communities.
During a routine traffic stop if an officer stops a Caucasian individual they feel that everything will be fine, but if they were to pull over someone of the black race they immediately feel they need to call for back-up. Despite the gender or age of the black person they feel that their life is automatically in danger just because of the person being …show more content…
Speaking from personal experience I have been detained by the police many times because I “favored” a suspect of a crime. The individual they were looking for was a male, 5’7, dark skinned, and had dreds. Now I am a female, 5’9, medium complexion, but I also have dreds. After explaining myself to the officers I was still taken to the “lock-up” and taken into the lineup process just to ensure my information was accurate. I feel that my constitutional rights as an American of this country were violated, but when taken to court the judge stated the officers did what was necessary to ensure I was innocent. This really offended me because I felt as a black person my rights did not matter and my voice could not be heard. This is how many other blacks feel as well. When we look at the imprisonment rate more African-Americans are incarcerated than any other race combined. African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated populations and are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. Together, African American and Hispanics comprised 58% of all prisoners in 2008, but if African American and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates of whites, today's prison and jail populations would decline by approximately 50%. A lot of individuals keep saying that the system serves and protects each American society to the fullest but that is not obviously the case. One in six black men had been incarcerated as of 2001. When looking