In the United States the juvenile justice system is very harsh and can be unruly on children, even though it claims to rehabilitate and not make children feel like criminals. As young as twelve children are being charged as adults with homicide, murder and other high degrees of crimes. Some would say the system would be a bit of a joke and others find this to be equal justice.
This body of written work will go over why juveniles are treated the way they are in the justice system and how race has even taken effect on the outcome of these individuals. And specify on a very ground breaking case for the city of Jacksonville, Florida that is seen as unjust and a young kid who became a product of his environment and a “Juvenile Lifer.”
Aside from being arrested, black and minority juveniles are more likely to be processed and …show more content…
According to “The Sentencing Project” 42.4% of juveniles on life without parole that are convicted of murder are African American while only 3.6% of white juveniles face life for murder. To measure the Disproportionate Minority Contact or the (DMC) the Relative Rate Index or (RRI) is used, which measures the difference in white youth and youth of color. The goal of the RRI is to get rid of the un-equality between races in the juvenile justice system. Among all juveniles black youths are more likely to be transferred to adult facilities. This shows that the juvenile justice system has no remorse or hope for African American youth. Even though there has been a drop in arrest nation wide, black youths are still twice as likely to be arrested than white youths and mainly for nonviolent crimes. Most corrupt youth situations begin at home or school due to schools not know how to address misbehavior. Black students make up 16% of all public school students and 31% of all arrests. A
This body of written work will go over why juveniles are treated the way they are in the justice system and how race has even taken effect on the outcome of these individuals. And specify on a very ground breaking case for the city of Jacksonville, Florida that is seen as unjust and a young kid who became a product of his environment and a “Juvenile Lifer.”
Aside from being arrested, black and minority juveniles are more likely to be processed and …show more content…
According to “The Sentencing Project” 42.4% of juveniles on life without parole that are convicted of murder are African American while only 3.6% of white juveniles face life for murder. To measure the Disproportionate Minority Contact or the (DMC) the Relative Rate Index or (RRI) is used, which measures the difference in white youth and youth of color. The goal of the RRI is to get rid of the un-equality between races in the juvenile justice system. Among all juveniles black youths are more likely to be transferred to adult facilities. This shows that the juvenile justice system has no remorse or hope for African American youth. Even though there has been a drop in arrest nation wide, black youths are still twice as likely to be arrested than white youths and mainly for nonviolent crimes. Most corrupt youth situations begin at home or school due to schools not know how to address misbehavior. Black students make up 16% of all public school students and 31% of all arrests. A