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This 6 page paper discusses the fact that African-Americans make up a disproportionate number of those involved in the criminal justice system. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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rates of arrest, conviction and length of sentence by group DISCUSSION California felony arrest records 2005: Whites 37.5% of total; Hispanics 39.7%, blacks 17.0% Further breakdown into
felonies by race: Felonies: Whites 32.6%; Hispanics, 36.7%, blacks 42.5% Misdemeanors: Whites 67.4%, Hispanics, 63.3%, blacks, 54.8% (Numbers do not add to 100%) Disturbing trend: blacks have lower arrest rate
but are charged with more serious crimes at far higher rate than other groups Reasons for trend: Arrest reflects actual events Criminal justice system is prejudiced Discussions:
Hawkins argues trend is due to police prejudice Gabbidon and Greene: racial component to sentencing; personal characteristics that have nothing to do with arrest used against blacks The Sentencing
Project: Incarceration rates shown to be so "lopsided" that racial prejudice is the most likely reason for sentencing disparity Prison conditions: overreliance on incarceration; no training, no counseling, set up for
failure upon release CONCLUSION Introduction The percentage of African-American men between the ages of 25 and 29 serving time in jail is far higher than the percentage
of Hispanics or whites in the same age group. In 2003, 10.4% of black men were incarcerated as compared to 2.4% of Hispanics and 1.2% of non-Hispanic whites. This paper
examines some of the factors that may account for the disproportional representation of blacks in the criminal justice system, as well as comparing rates of arrest, convictions and time served
by each group. Discussion Statistics can be misleading, but they provide a starting point; many of them come from the state level and can reasonably be extrapolated to reflect national
trends. We begin with a brief look at the felony arrest records for California in 2005; they are differentiated by gender, age, and race, which is the parameter of interest
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