Sandra Bland Traffic Violation Report

son. (Introduction to Criminology, Lecture 3, September 23, 2013, Professor Jan Stanners.) So another factor about females being less aggressive is the fact that they are protected more and almost restricted from certain things because more people worry about girls then boys. Studies are also showing that women’s crime rates are increasing quite noticeably while males are slowly dropping. I think this is because since the 1950-80’s women’s

There are many factors that inhibit women to commit violent crimes. Most women suffer from substance abuse, spouse abuse and mental issues. The most common risk is being previously being abused earlier in life. A survey conducted in 2002 reported that thirty six percent of all female

Women offenders are different from male offenders in many ways. Whether it be from the way women develop differently in the psychological aspect, or the services that are available specifically for them. Female offenders are more likely to be convicted of a drug or drug related crime, they are more likely to have a past with significant substance abuse, have a childhood or recent adult life that was abusive both physically and sexually, and female offenders are more likely to participate in group therapy because they are trying to gain the connectedness and sense of belong that they crave for in their life. Although there is significant proof showing that female offenders have problems that need treatment while incarcerated before going

Sandra had no cameras inside of her cell. A camera outside her cell recorded no movement in the hallway for 90 minutes before guards found her dead. The autopsy states that she committed suicide and that there was no sign of struggle. Sandra’s family had no reason to believe that she would take her own life. They claimed that she was well grounded and had always been. Sandra Bland was taking a new job at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. She had graduated from Prairie View A&M in 2009 and was returning there as a student ambassador. So why would this woman who had just gotten a great job offer take her own life? As time passed during her investigation, things just were not adding up. The video from inside Waller County jail from the camera outside of her cell had been released. The video that was released for the press and for the world to see did not show anyone going into Sandra’s cell. Now studies state that video was edited. It also went to the extent that when Sandra Bland took her mug shot she was already dead. There was a before and after picture released that showed that it had been photo

Male and female offenders alike are incarcerated every day for various reasons. Some commit violent crimes while others are arrested for drug use or public-order offenses. The difference between the two are the rates at which they are incarcerated, the length or harshness of their sentences, for the same or similar crimes committed, patterns of drug use, and previous correctional history. While men still lead in violent crime rates, 54.3 percent male verse 36.6 percent female, women are more likely than men to serve sentences due to drug-related offenses and other nonviolent property crimes (American Corrections, 2016).

Gender plays a big role in whether or not the juvenile offenders get the treatment they need. Often female offenders are misunderstood or not taken seriously because they are stereotyped as criers, liars, and manipulators. If and when these girls do get treatment for mental health care, often it is not the correct one. In the Gaarder, Rodriguez, and Zats (2004) article

On July 13, 2015, Sandra Bland committed suicide in Waller County Jail in Hempstead, Texas. Bland was an African-American, and was subject to police brutality. A few days before her death, the police placed Bland in jail as a result of traffic confrontation that did escalate to violence. Her incident with the police is a prime example of the racism that goes on today. Though policies were passed to combat acts of prejudice against blacks, there is always an underlying hatred towards African-Americans that continues to manifest itself. This is because racism in its social has not been as combated, which causes people to continue to live in a continuing era of white supremacy. The better-treatment of white people, causes black people to live

Female youth, under the age of 18, encompass one of the fastest growing divisions in the juvenile justice system. In past years, female youth arrests accounted for 670,800 arrests, or a total of 27%, during 1999. During 1990 and 1999, their arrests increased over males in most offense categories and overall increased 83%. In 2006, the FBI statistics indicated that aggravated assaults decreased for both boys and girls, but in the category of simple assaults, boys again decreased but shockingly the girl’s

In 2014 riots broke out in Ferguson, Missouri. They were caused by a white male Ferguson officer, Darren Wilson, shooting 18 year old African American, Michael Brown, to death unnecessarily after being a suspect for a robbery that even the owner of the store said he did not commit. Brown was unarmed with his hands up telling Officer Wilson not to shoot. It is not official, but many believe this was an act of racism. Even more recently, Illinois woman, Sandra Bland, was arrested July 10th, 2015 and allegedly committed suicide in her jail. The reports say she hung herself with a trash bag in her jail cell, but it is unlikely this is possible. How a six foot tall woman in a particularly small cell hang herself? The reports also say Bland used a heavy duty trash, bag but in the photo of her cell there is a clear trash bag, one of which would definitely not hold her weight. Bland also attempted posting bail and had plans to file a lawsuit once she was able to get out. On August 4th, Bland’s family filed a lawsuit that “contends that Ms. Bland should never have been arrested and that she was later held in dangerous conditions without proper supervision” (Smith 1). The Texas state trooper made up a reason to arrest Bland and jailers failed to react when she refused meals and had uncontrollable fits of crying. The situation in which Bland happened with “Trooper Encinia [pulling] over Ms. Bland on July 10 for

The article published by “USA Today” talks about a african american woman named Sandra Bland who was pulled over for a traffic violation, put in jail, and two days later “supposedly” committed suicide while in jail. Sandra was on her way to a church gathering, when she was pulled over by a white police officer. She was pulled over and the police officer kept asking her to put her cigarette out. When she refused to put the cigarette out the police officer kept asking her to step out of the car. She was asking the question, “ what does this have to do to anything, if you're going to give me a ticket just give it to me and we can both get going.” The police officer then said he would drag her out the car if she didn't throw her cigarette out and

After the death of Sandra Bland, many people, especially the teens, posted her picture of her being mistreated in jail and eventually killed. Her case went viral everywhere on social media and most conversations. However, all of this publishing was ineffective. The former Texas officer who arrested Sandra Bland pleaded not guilty in perjury case. Her death was thought to be an attempt of suicide after being arrested and put in jail. Despite evidence of mistreatment and

The characteristics of these offenders and the crimes they are committing are also changing over time. Demographically the juvenile female offender is most likely coming from a single parent home and may have been physically or sexually abused at some point in her life. She will also most likely be under the age of 15 and even more likely to be a woman of color, African-American young woman comprise almost 50 percent of all young women in secure detention, while Hispanics make up 13 percent (Bergsmann, 1994). In 1996, females represented 57 percent of the arrests for running away. In 1996, females represented 15 percent of juvenile arrests for violent crimes, while arrests of boys for violent offenses declined by 9 percent (Snyder, 1997). Aggravated assault, the most frequent of the violent offenses committed by juveniles, represented 20 percent of all arrests for juvenile females, while declining for boys by 10 percent (Snyder, 1997). In considering these changes it is still important to note that girls are still arrested more often for status offenses it is becoming more evident that girls are engaging in delinquent behaviors more often

Since 1970, there has been an increasing and alarming rise 138 percent of violent crimes committed by women. Still, while the equivalent percentage compared to male violence is small 15 percent to 85 percent the fact that the numbers have elevated so drastically points to something changing in society.

On July 17th of last year Eric Garner was stopped by the police to be confronted about selling untaxed loose cigarettes illegally. Eric Garner verbally resisted arrest by arguing with the cops about the terms of his arrest. After bickering for a few minutes the cops proceed to perform a chokehold like maneuver, which acted as a catalyst toward the imminent death that would come of Garner. Prior to Garner’s encounter with Daniel Pantaleo his aggressor and rest of the NYPD cops, he already had several health issues such as diabetes and asthma. Consequently, this sparked a powder key of mammoth proportions, with outbreaks of destructive riots and protests. Furthermore, two notable contrasting interpretations of this controversial case are those of CNN’s news article titled “Key figures in Eric Garner case speak out one year later” written on July 17, 2015 by David Shortell which leans more toward the side of Garner, as they uncovered information on how unjust and insufficient the police and EMT protocol followed, on the other hand there is the article by Breitbart that is greatly in favor of police officer Pantaleo titled “The Actual Facts of The Eric Garner Case” Written on December 3rd, 2015 by Ben Shapiro.

The social process and traditional structure theory explained why female crime rates are rather lower than males. The social process theory tend to explain the traditional crime with regards to differential opportunity to lean criminal techniques and values. The use of the traditional theory shows evidence in which considered the overlap on the causes of crimes committed by both genders. Studies shows that both male and female offenders that came in contact with the criminal justice system often came from a social background that are typically of low socioeconomic status, poorly educated, under or unemployed, and minority groups (Steffensmeir and Allan, 1995). The only difference between male and female offenders is, female