Criminal Justice Case Study St. Louis

The separation of “east side”, “west side” and the hidden notion of Unjust treatment toward residents seems to never be mentioned when talking about what it means to be from Baltimore. Within each one of these microcosms you will find impoverished people. You will find disenfranchised people. You will find the new “ghetto” filled with individuals that have been politicized into a system they will never be able to get out of. The local policies makers, and government officials play a key part in this oppression of minorities.

Ever since African Americans migrated to Milwaukee in huge numbers in the second half of the 20th century, there has been discrimination and racial violence. Upon moving there African Americans found themselves mistreated and without stable jobs. Today Milwaukee is one of the United States most segregated cities. Many African Americans that live in Milwaukee are incarcerated or unemployed. Residents say that many police officers are very disrespectful to African-Americans. Two big police shootings that happened in Milwaukee really enraged the African-American community and made them feel hopeless. Riots break out all the time in Milwaukee due to unfairness in the law. A huge riot broke out in July of 1967 about the vote against fair housing.

“My people are poor. And they are tired. And they are determined to live. Our South side is a place apart, each piece of our living is a protest.” (Hansberry 2) The minorities in Chicago live on the Southside, and work hard, harder than they should have to, to live there. Each and every time they step out of their house, their actions are severely judged because of their race, and these people are cut no slack by the rest of Chicago. By doing something wrong, the people who live on the Southside of Chicago

At the majors fair I visited a total of three different major tables. Those majors were Criminal Justice, Anthropology and Simulation and Game Design. The first major that I visited was the Criminal Justice table because I am taking intro to Criminal Justice and wanted more information about the major. At the table was Ms. Kusko the department chair and also my professor for my Criminal Justice Class. At the table I learned that students interested in the Criminal Justice field have to take the intro class and also a few psychology classes such as the intro class and the Psych and Law class. Additionally, I learned that there are very interesting jobs for graduates in the Criminal Justice major from working in local law enforcement all the

The family has been determined indigent for services. Samkisha has received public defender services for her criminal matters and Mrs. Beale has received Medicaid since she was 16 years of age. Mrs. Beale disclosed she is court ordered to receive child support in the amount of $202 per month from Mr. Robinson for Samkisha, but stated he seldom make payments of such. She also reported she receives unemployment in the amount of $204 per week and Social Security Income (SSI) for Samkisha in the amount of $670 per month.

How would you feel if your race represented a sigma- one of such that is viewed negatively upon-causing government officials to provide the bare minimum of resources for you to function just below the poverty threshold? Chicago, the 3rd largest populated city in the U.S followed by it having the 3rd largest black population in the U.S according to the 2010 U.S census report is a city that raises many questions. The murder rate in Chicago has inclined rapidly over the past 10 years “A total of 510 Chicagoans were murdered in 2008, compared to 445 in 2007” according to The University of Chicago Crime

I grew up in a neighborhood which is riddled with crime. Unfortunately, people who I grew up with became involved in gangs and criminal activities. Those actions led to them having a criminal record. When looking through the options of the podcast, People who are involved in the criminal justice system is the one I thought would be most interesting. The person Bradley Jacobs discusses what he does in the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES).

Fred is drunk and driving his dad’s car. Fred is a 21 year old student at Columbia College. Fred rams into a parked car at 10th and Rogers. Thinking no one saw him; Fred moves his car and parks it on an adjacent lot. He sprints to his dorm room in Miller Hall. A neighbor saw the wreck and Fred running to the dorm. Police are called and they arrive ten minutes after the wreck. The officers see several empty beer cans and a bottle of tequila (half full) in the front seat. The tags are traced to Fred’s dad, who is called by police. Dad says that Fred is a student at Columbia College. Police run Fred's record and determine that he has two prior DWIs within the past five years. The third DWI in 10 years is a felony. Police contact

California is a large state, it contains many different cities and many different kinds of people. Within this state there are large developed cities that have a population of over 3 million people, such as Los Angeles, and then there are some cities that have less than 100,000 people, like Redding. These two cities are located on the opposite sides of California, Redding is located in Northern California and LA is located in Southern California. The larger cities are mostly located in Southern California; therefore, they get the most representation. However, the smaller cities in Northern California practically get no say and are “underrepresented in the state legislature and ignored by California’s urban centers”, according to one the New York Daily News writer, Sarah Goodyear. This underrepresentation has affected Northern California cities in multiple ways.

In the United States of America, there is a system referred to as the criminal justice system. This system assists in managing crime and helps to control society through rules and regulations. If these guidelines are disobeyed, there are consequences that follow. These consequences consist of being arrested by law enforcement, going to court to pay a fine or to be sentenced, and even going to jail or prison (Bohm & Haley, 2014).

Louis officials never fully desegregated their education or housing systems. Officials managed to dodge laws and policies that were enacted to circumvent discrimination by allowing underhanded real estate deals, unfair housing and school zoning policies. Attempts to desegregate housing were only minimally successful. Agencies trying to unify neighborhoods were met with extreme resistance. Many white residents fled city neighborhoods, moving west into county areas as part of the white flight movement. Shortly after the white flight, businesses and services followed suit. As businesses and services left the city, much of the inner city areas declined at an alarming rate. Remaining residents were left dealing with deceptive real estate practices, along with banking and financial institutions sometimes offering higher interest loans. Banks also were allowed to refuse loans altogether in communities dominated by minorities. With reduced funding for services and education, the school districts also suffered. The Ferguson school district’s public schools rank last in the state’s education system. The district recently lost accreditation from the state assessment board due to years of poor academic performance. Most districts where black students attend school were deprived academically and financially, as funds were moved elsewhere, primarily to other districts. With the erosion of funding for schools and housing, parts of the Ferguson community fell into such

Alcohol and other drug use are associated with a wide array of other public health problems. It is the leading preventable cause of birth defects in the United States, whereas fetal exposures to maternal illegal drug consumption are a serious and a growing concern. The use of injection to administer illegal drug has become a significant factor in the spread of Aids while alcohol use increases the likelihood of unsafe sexual practices, thus contributing to the spread of HIV/Aids. Much more, it has an enormous impact on the criminal justice system in the country-America. According to Keck, ‘‘a survey suggests that about 35% of those committing crimes are mostly under the influence of the concepts-(alcohol and drug use), (2003). Having said that,

In the United States so much is constantly changing within our society. Our perception has changed and continues to do so and as they do so does everything else. When how we think changes our society changes. When our society changes the way our society operates changes. This is true in any facet of our society in the United States and pertains to every aspect in which we operate. These issues are not limited to us as a society; they also extend into our criminal justice system and our court systems. In this paper we will take a look into issues that currently face our court systems. We will attempt to identify the current and future issues that face our courts and court administrators in our society today. In our analysis we will attempt to

We can’t begin to tackle the problem of education and poverty in neighborhoods such as The Ville and East St. Louis, without first learning about their history and connecting the dots between these issues. To paint a better picture of what segregation looked like across the

Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steven Branch were second-graders in Weaver Elementary School (Egan, 2016). On May 5, 1993, they went missing after going on a bike ride in West Memphis, Arkansas (Leveritt, 2002). On the next day, their bruised and mutilated hog-tied naked bodies were found in Robin Hood Hills near Interstate 40, setting off an all-out effort to find their murderers (Linder, 2013). Within a month, police was convinced that three outcast teenagers were responsible (Linder, 2013). With pressure on their backs to find the culprits, authorities arrested them. They were known around town for wearing black and listening to heavy metal (Egan, 2016). At that time, investigators felt that 18-year-old Damien Echols,