Investigating Factors That Affect The Police Of Policing Regarding Race And Corruption

With the increase of diversity in the country, comes a wide variety of issues facing all sectors. In the criminal justice sector we see issues such as racial profiling, discrimination amongst others.

This essay will argue that the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in England and Wales doesn’t provide justice for all. In particular, the institutionally racist nature of the police and courts towards Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME) will be addressed. The ‘Lammy Review’ has been instrumental in outlining the disproportionate representation of BAME groups within the CJS. In a letter addressed to the Prime minister, David Lammy reports the findings from his review. 51% of UK-born individuals from BAME backgrounds believe that the CJS discriminates against certain groups and individuals (Lammy,2016). In comparison, only 35% of the white population born in the UK believe the same statement (Lammy, 2016). Thus, choosing to focus on the

It appears that the criminal justice system is racially biased. Instead of the criminal justice system giving all of the citizens of the United States of America the same civil treatment, it treats all individuals differently based upon the color of an individual’s skin. What does it mean to be racially biased? Being racially biased is known as to judge one by his or her physical appearance. Treating people of color unfairly is still common to this day. The criminal justice system is racially biased in its law enforcement, prisons, and court systems.

However racism within the force goes back decades as before 1984 police were allowed to stop and search whoever they wanted therefore it became easier and more of a habit to target people who fit ‘criminal persona’. This laid back approach to stop and search caused problems because police became

In today’s society, there has been an uprising of policemen racially profiling black drivers. Often times, these uprisings bring forth brutality, physical aggression, and even fatalities. In the article “Racial Profiling and Background Injustice”, Paul Bou-Habib voices his opinions on three

Protecting citizens, keeping peace within communities and most importantly, enforcing the law, are all functions included within the police force. Police have a general discretion in carrying out their functions; however, how the various police roles are prioritised will have an impact on issues such as, the policing of political protests. My aim is not to undermine the police institution but rather to critically highlight and explain why there are a few officers who are held responsible for ruthless acts, and why they tend to use unnecessary force against certain “types” of citizens. In particular I want to know if “types” are in fact ethnic or socio-economically

Racism in its most general sense can be defined as “social practices which attribute merits or allocate values to members of racially categorized groups solely because of their ‘race’”.There are three aspects of racism personal prejudice; ideological racism, and institutional racism. Ideological racism, is where culture and biology comes together to rationalize and justify the superior position of a dominant culture. Institutional racism is where the institution produce policies and differences between different racial groups. Institutional racism includes hidden action between police and minorities. One of the hidden Institutional racism practices in law enforcement

In the eyes of some police officers, racial profiling practices are seen as constructed by the media. They claim that others factors such as youth delinquency, poverty, and living in high crime areas, are reasons why certain people are stopped by police (Wortley & Bempah, 2011:398). Proponents of racial profiling argue that it makes communities safer and allows police to be proactive in their duties by pinpointing the ‘criminal population’. However, this practice enables police to use malicious force by advancing their own interests and not fulfilling their duties (Bittner, 1970:37). Thus, this abuse of power leads to differential treatment as a blatant power difference balance manifests itself between police and minority groups (Kirkup, 2009:114).

This source discusses the topic of not the race of the citizens being suspected, but the one in question is the officer’s race and if it is one of the major factors pertaining to the problem of racial profiling. The authors’ main stance is that, although throughout history, the influence of race is certainly a factor in the citizens’ perceptions of the police; the influence of the race of the officer also plays as a major factor in police behavior when looking at the study’s results. A finding that the authors’ have discovered is that Black officers interact differently towards Black citizens compared to when White officers do, therefore maybe increasing the amount of Black officers would be better for the community. However, other authors

In this essay, I will be discussing whether there is a race or a racism problem within the criminal justice system. Crime is a feature in all societies and criminal justice is the response to a crime and can include protecting the citizens from everyday threats to their safety such as ensuring dangerous and persistent offenders are monitored effectively when in the community and imprisoned when necessary. Racism is the unequal treatment of a population group purely because of its’ possession of physical or other characteristics socially defined as denoting a particular race (Scott and Marshall, 2005). There are strong beliefs that there is a correlation between race and crime also, race and how the criminal justice system deals with this problem and it is also believed that racism may play a part in this. This interest has largely been fuelled by one of the very few facts consistently recorded in crime statistics: ethnic minorities tend to be overrepresented in every stage of criminal justice systems.

So, I would like to summarize here after giving Lafee quotation, we can say that police has a very strongly developed bias agains Black- delinquent, White- not criminal, which helps them to proceed to the realization of their every day duty

“Between you and me, Los Angeles is the most overrated, lousiest, countriest, phoniest city I’ve ever been in.” (Himes, 1945). While it ranges from adolescents to senior citizens, people of color are not safe in the United States. The United States is supposedly the land of the free, home of the brave. But who are the free? Who are the brave? In school, it’s indoctrinated into students that we are all free, and we should look up to those that serve and protect us, those are the brave. What if the people that are supposed protect us aren’t? Instead they are cowards hiding behind a wall of nonfactual fear.

The policy recommendations for the City of Chicago Police Department include recommendations relating to the screening and supervision processes for the purpose of preventing and detecting corruption in the department. Included are recommendations such as those made in New York City in 1994 as follows: (1) Improvement of screening and recruitment;(2) Improvement of r3ecruit education and in service integrity training;(3) strengthening first-line supervision;(4) reinvention of the enforcement of command accountability;(4) attacking corruption and brutality tolerance;(6) challenge other aspects of police culture and conditions that breed corruption and brutality;(7) enhancement of sanctions and disincentives for corruption and brutality;(8) strengthening of intelligence gathering efforts;(9) solicitation of police union support for anti-corruption efforts;(19) minimization of the corruption hazards of community policing; and (11) legislative reforms. (Mollen, et al, 1994, p.7)

The high crime rate and the melting pot of cultures and races create the perfect arena for studies in criminology. Coming from a country with a high standard of living and relatively low crime rate, I reflect on the ease at which many Americans turn to crime and how the almost obsessive pursuit of "the American dream" can easily land a person on the wrong side of the law. With the recent acts of police brutality being highlighted in the media, my desire to understand what lies behind racial lines has exasperated. I intend to focus my future studies on the relationship between race and crime. Not only am I intrigued by the topic on a personal level, but I am also longing to contribute to finding a solution to the noxious race war that claims lives every day.

I believe that police discrimination and disregard for the Criminal Justice System is on the rise due to the fact the crime is on the rise and people wish to have an excuse to get away with it. One of the biggest cases of discrimination in the United States of America is discrimination against our police officers and our Criminal Justice System. In this paper, I hope to refute accusations against our officers and the criminal justice system and to call people to have a greater appreciation and supportive attitude towards the system and its officers.