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This 5 page paper examines rates of arrests and incarceration by. Race in the Maryland criminal justice system is examined. Statistics are used as well as specific studies on racism in Maryland's courts. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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For example, in New Jersey, there is a suggestion that Driving While Black is a crime. That is a sarcastic observation as of course, innocently driving is not a crime.
Rather, what occurs is that black people are stopped more frequently than their white counterparts and that fact has come to the attention of many people as well as the
media. Yet, while there is the perception that racism exists, it is difficult to tell whether or not people of other races commit more crime or whether more arrests indicate
that the system itself is flawed. In examining Maryland, one can say that the state is predominately white. Statistics show that in 1996, the population was 68.9% white, 27.1%
black and 3.7% Asian; the remainder was comprised of American Indians, Eskimos and Aleuts ("State," 1998). While it is true that the majority is white, it is also true that
a little over one fourth of the population is black. Black people are notoriously discriminated against, but again, this supposition remains to be proven. In examining statistics through the years
in Maryland, it does appear that a disproportionate amount of black people are arrested. In Baltimore for example, data shows that only 18 white youths were arrested for dealing drugs
in 1980 while as many as 86 black youths were arrested for the same crime ("Civil," 2004). This of course could be attributable not to racism but to the fact
that more black youths are criminals. Of course, it has also been noted that whites and blacks use drugs at similar rates in Maryland, but in that state, African Americans
represent 68% of those arrested for drug related offenses; further, of those actually incarcerated for drug offenses, they represent a whopping 90% ("Justice," 2004). Although it is true that one
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