The impact of this injustice affects any member of the United States that is not white. This applies to ones race, ethnicity and gender. Christopher Hartney brings up an interesting point that “disproportionate minority contact (DMC) refers to the differential representation of racial and ethnic groups in the criminal justice system. The study of this issue has broadened over the years, from an initial sole focus on confinement to assessing disparities at each stage of the system. Incarceration is still an important issue, but in the criminal justice field and in this report, DMC refers to disproportion at all stages of the system.”(Hartney, 4) This terminology was initiated by the unfair treatment of racial and ethnic groups that is apparent
