RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Racial Discrimination and Criminal Justice

[Isabel Hawkins]

[Harrison College Online Division]

[Class name CJ1000 Introduction to Criminal Justice]

[Instructor's name Mr. Andrew Rule]

Racial Discrimination and Criminal Justice

Numerous studies have found widespread racial bias in US criminal justice system. A new report issued by a coalition of civil rights organizations calls the "massively and pervasively biased" treatment on blacks and Hispanics by the US police and courts the major civil rights problem of the twenty-first century entitled "Justice on Trial : Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System." The study finds that minorities in the US face discriminatory treatment at every ...