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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Disparity and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System Research Compiled
by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction Most people would probably agree that African Americans are
"overrepresented" in the criminal justice system. There is a disparity between the number of blacks in the U.S. and the number facing arrest or already incarcerated. But does this also
mean that the system is discriminatory? This paper considers the question of disparity in numbers and discrimination within the system, and argues that its important to keep the two concepts
separate. It also suggests that there is overrepresentation in the system, but that it is not necessarily racially motivated, at least not in the sense of negative discrimination. Discussion Rivera
notes that disparity "simply means there is a difference among a group represented" (2006). For instance, if there are 100 people in jail and 75 of them are black, its
not unreasonable to conclude that discrimination accounts for this extremely unbalanced prison population (Rivera, 2006). However, the situation could be entirely different. It is possible, for instance, that the 75
black prisoners are actually guilty; Rivera points out that its not possible for the police to release perpetrators just to even out the racial component of the jail population, since
that would be an act of discrimination in itself (2006). The point is that the only way to see if there is discrimination is to consider the crimes on a
case by case basis; given the overload in the criminal justice system, this is not really possible (Rivera, 2006). Thus, the perception of discrimination remains. One reason for this perception
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