Racism in Criminal Justice: What Is To Be Done?
That African Americans and Latinos are disproportionately entangled in the criminal justice system is undisputed. What to do about it remains a vexing question. Applying professional and legal standards to, say, mitigate racial profiling can help, but there are so many pivot points within the system where bias can occur, from arrest to parole, that a more holistic approach is probably required to bring about serious change. In this new report, the Sentencing Project outlines just such systemic remedies, with highlights from “best practices” among the states that have already started to make a difference.
January 6th, 2009 at 5:44 am
While the article was quite interesting, I don’t understand why we waste so much energy trying to figure out why there are so many prisoners. Wouldn’t we be better off just finding an uninhabited island somewhere and just dumping them all there? Seems like the classic out of sight, out of mind scenario so then we could focus on more important issues. It’s clear they don’t get rehabilitated, so maybe we should just cut the losses. I guess the downside would be the massive unemployment uptick we would see by all those defense lawyers being out of work.
December 24th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I’ve been reading a few posts and really and enjoy your writing. I’m just starting up my own blog and only hope that I can write as well and give the reader so much insight.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Is all your info straight? I am not trying to be a pain in the behind, conversely I don’t spot how this makes total sense! Much Thanks!