Juvenile Injustice

The criminal justice system in the United States is evident of several deep flaws relating to the treatment of black men and women accused of committing criminal offenses. It is logical to believe that due to the U.S.’s rather dark past surrounding the treatment of black Americans, systematic racism is included under the guise of the criminal justice system. The U.S. is historically infamous for it’s open racial discrimination against black Americans, up until systematic racism became one of the more dominant forms of discrimination in the most recent years. Systematic racism has been shrouded under societal ignorance and regulated particularly by social and political groups in order to keep the human rights of black Americans frigid and

On 11/28/2017, I, Officer Marisa Rhodeman #165 was working as a Police Officer in FTO Training along with WSU Officer Dillon Dickerson #155, for the Wichita State University Police Department (WSUPD), Wichita, Sedgwick County Kansas.

The Constrained Court model created by Gerald N. Rosenberg, proves that the courts are weak, powerless, and ineffective for change among race, class and gender ideologies.. Using Lisa Frohmann’s article, Convictability and Discordant Locales; in which she is ‘reproducing race, class and gender ideologies in Prosecutorial Decision-making’. Frohmann uses ‘discordant locales’ as a bridge to describe how prosecutors work in sexual assault cases. Rosenberg and Frohmann demonstrate that the courts are not effective unless they overcome these constraints, set in the constrained court model. According to Rosenberg and Frohmann social reform is nearly unachievable, through the district attorney and victim cross examination interview and jury assumptions. As Rosenberg specified in order to establish social reforms the following constraints; limited nature of constitutional rights lack of judicial independence, judiciary’s lack of power implantation and inability to develop appropriate policies need to be eradicated.

Whether equality in the nation’s educational system has ever been achieved is greatly debated. For many students inequality persists, particularly for those viewed as a minority, low-income or disabled, as avenues to a worthwhile education remain limited or in severe cases closed all together. To compound the issue many of these students either drop out of school or are pushed out because of delinquency matters. As a result, many end up becoming involved with the juvenile justice system, often faced with labels and stigmas that will follow them well into adulthood. However, how did this new face of inequality come into existence? To answer this we must look at the nations “tough on crime” approach, school disciplinary systems, and the

In the wake of the incidents that gave birth to the “black lives matter movement”, I feel compelled to base my paper on the Criminal Justice System, the history and current state, and reform that are needed to overhaul and transform the system into a rehabilitative and redemptive program. In light of this, the case of Ronald cotton caught my attention, a case that sheds light on all aspects of the system, and also exemplifies the principles of strength and resilience. On January 18, 1985, Ronald Cotton was sentenced to life in prison plus fifty years (Thompson-Cannino, Cotton, & Torneo, 2009). An innocent man’s life changed on that day, this does not minimize the fact that a woman was raped and violated and she picked the wrong guy in the lineup. This young man turned himself in, confident he had nothing to hide, but his world was shattered when he walked into the trap of fitting a profile of a lineup, he walked into a “Harsh and heavy-handed tactics” (Walters, Clark, Gingerich, & Meltzer, 2007) which the criminal justice system is notorious for by “treating offenders as subhuman entities that need punishment to change”, this method of processing and handling of criminals has been applauded by those who live by the creed “crime and punishment”. (Saleebey & Clark p.123). Therefore, delivering punishment via the criminal justice system in the United States is a truly complex social act in need of sweeping reform (Saleebey & Clark p.125).

White defendants when the victim was white. In the midst of it all, the rape of Black women by white men throughout slavery and until this very day and age goes on hardly ever talked about, and justifies this manner as an additional technique used as an essential weapon to maintain white male supremacy, and dehumanize Black persons culture. This piece will examine how gender and race interconnects with the perception of what is considered criminal intent and the justice system. Gender acts on as an important task in recognizing who commit what sorts of crimes, why they carry out so, who is frequently wronged, and most importantly how the criminal justice system take actions to these victims and wrongdoers. How the many racial occurrences shape they way our society is structured and what impact it on has women’s bodies. One will observe how rape is surrounded by the unlawful beliefs and will bring to light why one should be aware of those beliefs and its approach towards women. Those accused of raping Black and White women, if they are Black men they will be charged much more severe and more than likely, in the past, become lynching victims. If a White man is accused of rape, generally excuses are made for his acts of crime and are often let off and won’t be held culpable. One will argue that lynching and rape was an answer premeditated to hark back blacks of their "true" position, to uphold decreasing white male domination.

There is a very evident problem with racism in the United States Criminal Justice System. Society chooses to ignore this problem because many do not think they are a part of it. What they do not understand is they are a part of society, therefore a part of the problem. Even if a particular person is not doing anything to cause this problem directly, they are not helping the situation either. Society has to become aware of this issue and stop pretending as though it is something that will go away on its own. Others need to become aware of this issue so they can not only make others aware, but so they can find out the exact source of the problem and how to fix it before it is too late. The United States is supposed to be a free country where people feel safe, yet there are issues still happening today that people like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and others fought and risked their lives to change. Society likes to look back on history and say that things are different and the country has come so far and that everyone is equal. However, today’s news and statistics show that is not the case at all. If we do not take action now, we will be right back where we started. Many races are not treated fairly by citizens of this county and even the United States Criminal Justice System, especially African Americans. Nationwide, African Americans are stopped, searched, arrested, and incarcerated at rates much higher than people of other races.

“That’s one pain that will never go away until the day you die,” she said. “You have to live with that pain. There’s no closure. There’s no nothing. Especially when the person or child was so violently taken away from you.” said Juanita Young, mother of Malcom Ferguson, who 's son was killed by the result of police brutality. He is not the first or last person of the black minority to be cheated by the justice system. Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans(Alexander). The justice system in America was set up to protect citizens while upholding social control and deterring crime. But the poor guidance within the system has caused racial disparities to persist at every level of the U.S. criminal justice system. All across the country, African Americans receive racial discrimination in the justice system ranging from bias drug arrests, police brutality, to incarceration.

The Justice system is one of the biggest foundation in the United States. Recently, the lower court system has been under scrutiny with the way they have handled major court cases pertain to police brutality, which is causing an up rise in many communities. The failure of the judicial system has cause African Americans to start a movement called Black Lives Matter. The propose of this literature is to understand what can cause a person to have a lack confidence in the judicial system. For instance, it’s about knowing how in regards to the courts factors such as racial identity and the impact of court experiences can cause the individuals to have a lack of confidence in the courts and legal system. This topic is significant because it helps

There are many reasons why police are required to use discretion when t comes to juveniles but it seems that juveniles are committing more crimes than police can do anything about. Juveniles are are committing crimes that are not seen as serious to where they are being released to commit even more crimes with the cycle repeating itself. Juveniles are getting away with the chimes that adult are being sentences to prison for because they are deemed mature rather than a juvenile what is supposedly immature. If juveniles have a list full of crimes that have been committed then it seems that the system want to believe that juveniles are not responsible for their actions when hey art h ones at fault for the crimes.

The juvenile justice system is similar to the criminal justice system. This system is where juveniles are processed, and may be arrested after referrals for juvenile delinquency. Juvenile justice is very different in every state and can be very similar as well because every system has limited jurisdiction and that most focus on the offenders and not their offenses. Therefore, there are 51 juvenile justice systems in the United States. The United States has the juvenile justice system because children are very different than adults – in that they can be better receptive for change and also being easier to rehabilitate. Moreover, the main goal of the juvenile justice system is rehabilitation (Juvenile Law Center). The juvenile justice system is made up of police, courts, corrections, probation and parole services, as well as community-based programs to name a few (book).

When you think of the criminal justice system, you think of justice being served to those who wish to threaten it. The criminal justice system is a very powerful system that protects our society but like society, it is not perfect. The justice system runs off of discrimination against race and gender

Beyond the cognitive and attitudinal evaluation of the procedural injustice Weisse et al (1999) argues that feeling unfairly treated have an affect appraisal element as well. In their study, they were able to integrate theories of injustice and appraisal theories of emotions to demonstrate that justice can be thought of as an affective event. More specifically, they linked the effects of justice conditions to various discrete emotions. Procedural injustice was found to be directly linked to the discrete anger as a predictor of reaction to the unfair treatment. Moreover, unfairness and illegitimacy have been extended from an individual appraisal of an event to group based appraisals of the event (E.R. Smith, 1993).

It has been shown that juvenile victimization is a growing concern around the world. Juvenile victimization can occur in varies ways. According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the 2010 survey shows that persons twelve years or older suffered more than 18.7 million crime victimizations, of which 14.8 million were property crimes, 3.8 million were violent crimes, and 138,000 were crimes of theft (Bartollas & Miller, 2014). Many children fall victim to such crimes not only at home, but in school, on the internet, and their community as well. Unfortunately, many times these crimes go unannounced and are kept within family matters instead of properly reported. Oftentimes these children become high risk for lifelong physical, mental,

Once a month, for as long as I can remember, my mother settles down at the table and pays her bills on time, sometimes in full. Yet, she has still managed to have her house foreclose while accruing thousands of dollars in debt. This is not because she spent or borrowed frivolously, but because her credit identity was stolen- by her own husband.