ground by a white police officer. The resource officer did not show remorse for what he did to the student. The zero tolerance policies that permits school officials to execute harsh punishment to their students. The zero tolerance and policing policies of the school targeting young African-American is inexcusable since school supposed to provide salvation to their students. The School-to-prison pipeline racially profiled African-American students and push them out of school down to prison system. According to Heitzeg, … “need to increase safety and security, zero tolerance policies and police in schools have increase the risk of criminalization”…(7). The results of zero tolerance policies more African-American students commit more crimes
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The school system must provide proper training to School Resource Officer to mandate the use of force. To address the victims needs the school system created the Circles to assist the students to network with other students. This program offer culture diversity to teach students to be more respective and to build trust within their group. Restorative justice offers many different programs to address the harms has done by a police officer. Reforming criminal justice system through restorative justice will help reduce racial profiling among African – American communities. The Victim Offender Mediation Dialogue program emphasis in the needs of the victims. This program will be able to bring the victim and the offender together in order to find closure and healing for the victims. However, the Victim Offender Mediation Dialogue depended on the victim and offender if they’re both willing to face each other. In Oscar Grant case his mother is ready to face the officer who killed her son but the offender is not …show more content…
The only problem with this program in changing diversity culture would be difficult. Not all agency would be able to comply with this policy. The diversity culture practices should be taught in Police Academy in order for the reform to work. A police officer must go through the comprehensive training in order to afford better community policing. In addition, police officer mental health test every six months is imperative to better help them to think critically in dealing with an offender under duress. Restorative justice also offers restitution to assist the victims with their financial needs. In the case of Grant his family received restitution from Bart from where Mehserle work as police
The school system must provide proper training to School Resource Officer to mandate the use of force. To address the victims needs the school system created the Circles to assist the students to network with other students. This program offer culture diversity to teach students to be more respective and to build trust within their group. Restorative justice offers many different programs to address the harms has done by a police officer. Reforming criminal justice system through restorative justice will help reduce racial profiling among African – American communities. The Victim Offender Mediation Dialogue program emphasis in the needs of the victims. This program will be able to bring the victim and the offender together in order to find closure and healing for the victims. However, the Victim Offender Mediation Dialogue depended on the victim and offender if they’re both willing to face each other. In Oscar Grant case his mother is ready to face the officer who killed her son but the offender is not …show more content…
The only problem with this program in changing diversity culture would be difficult. Not all agency would be able to comply with this policy. The diversity culture practices should be taught in Police Academy in order for the reform to work. A police officer must go through the comprehensive training in order to afford better community policing. In addition, police officer mental health test every six months is imperative to better help them to think critically in dealing with an offender under duress. Restorative justice also offers restitution to assist the victims with their financial needs. In the case of Grant his family received restitution from Bart from where Mehserle work as police