I mainly need help finding information on bias in the justice system against race, class, cultural background or anything else that would be useful along these lines. Thanks
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There is a lot of information on the internet about this topic.  I just typed "racial bias in capital punishment" and 196,000 results popped up.  If you enter each type of bias you will get plenty of source material.
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I had never met anyone that was truly racist until I was in Texas.  The guy was a cop.  I don't know what topic to chose, but maybe that will help to get you thinking on possible topics.
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Racial profiling as in "be on the lookout for a black male, 25 to 30 years of age," is certainly a form of racial profiling; however, racial profiling per-se is not a fair nor a tool that is required by law enforcement.\nAs an example I will pose a hypothetical situation involving an African-American middle aged woman that has been found murdered. \nIt will be a justifiable opinion that the murderer may have been an African-American male for the reason that 'blacks tend to murder blacks' as middle aged whites tend to kill/rape/serial murder other whites who are mainly women but also children and other men.\nThese are general statistics that are used in homicide investigations and which are not necessarily biased either toward one race or another, but however do hold investigative value for the control of crime. \n\n“In Criminal Justice, the issue is not how to protect the offender from the arbitrariness of the state, but how to bring the state more effectively to the aid of the offender.” \n“The State is not a Behemoth to be chained and fettered, but an agent capable of fulfilling an ambitious program. Thus a policy that calls for the states’ exercise of discretionary authority in finely tuned responses is at its core Progressive.” [The Positivist School]; [p 65]\n\nIn concluding and in my opinion it is not a biased attitude that is applied in certain criminal circumstances by police investigations but rather a more positive and direct methodology that allows for a quicker solution to a crime and its future control for the better safety of our society.  Try to find out about investigative techniques and you will find that the objective towards the resolution of a crime must be free of personal bias and a respect afforded for the constituitional rights of the accused/person of interest.  Jose
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Try www.westlaw.com they may charge for some information.
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Haha, no - criminal justice refers to the field of study that examines crime as a social phenomenon, and traditional focuses on the agents, procedures, and systems that societies create in order to deal with crime.\n\nPre-law studies are just that; they are tracks that some universities offer for those who want to go to law school and who may (or may not) know what area of law they want to get in to. From what I understand, these tracks usually consist of courses aimed at improving students' oral and written communication skills, their critical/analytical thinking, and creativity. Most also provide a survey of the different kinds of law, as well as giving you a historical backdrop for the practice.\n\nAdvanced legal research - I am not sure what you mean, but legal research in general refers to the process of digging up the legal matters surrounding some topic or issue. This is a complicated and tedious process, so I don't know if legal research is ever NOT "advanced." :-)\n\nComparative law studies laws between different countries (e.g. British law versus Chinese law) and between different legal systems (e.g. common law versus civil law).\n\nInternational law studies the rules that govern conduct between independent states. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a good example of the enactment of international law.\n\nI'm not a law student, so I might be off...clarification is welcome from those actually in the field!
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Your statistics are not factual. \n\nHate Crime is not defined by the race of the persons involved. A hate crime is defined by state law as one that involves threats, harassment, or physical harm and is motivated by prejudice against someone's RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION or PHYSICAL or MENTAL disability.\n\nJudging by your comments it is evident that you are uninformed and it also appears that you have a chip on your shoulder.\n\nI would hope that you leave this forum a more informed person. :)\n\n** And for JUSTSWIMMIN, there is no such thing as reverse prejudice. Either one is prejudiced or they are not. Being prejudiced is not exclusive of one race, ethnicity,color, religion,or sexual orientation. Anyone can be prejudiced.
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quote:\n\nthe so called criminal justice system is the worse crime in america. for alot of reasons\n.....\n\nfor example???.. dont you love it when people say something stupid.. and dont even have the courtesy to expound on it.. ??\n\n\nwell sure.. lets just let all the killers out of their cells.. sex offenders?.. lets just drop them off at the nearest playground.... jeez.. \n\nback to the initial question now that its out of my system...\n\nno its not right to send an innocent man to prison.. but.. no ..its not a poor vs rich issue either.. not only does the US government pay for the lawyers .. they pay for the lawyers who try to keep you out of prison.. isnt that funny?..\n\n>>your brother.. if in fact innocent.. has many options to pursue here. legal aide is available to anyone.. the government lets you appeal cases all the time. over and freaking over.. spending large amounts of money and court time....\n\n>>bottom line sir.. i dont buy your story.. its either fictional or there are some other factors involved...\n\nother factors involved.. i just did a post on this .. from another question.. \n\nrarely are people innocent for anything.. contrary to belief.. police dont just pick someone out of crowd and say "hes the murderer".. your brother almost certainly was involved in something that you are failing to meniton or are not aware of.. i stake my reputation on that... \n\ni have sympathy for you.. but i dont for your brother.. \n\nif in fact that he is innocent.. and is released upon an appeal.. there is a crime commited here.. you are correct.. its called "wrongful prosectuion".. which is generally settled through monetary means.. police and states attorneys are not going to be sent to jail for doing there job.. sorry to disapoint you.. \n\nbut im sorry to say that it is 99% unlikely that he is not guilty.. \n\ni think your scenario is fictional because you are leaving out some key details.. \n\njury.. ?.. murderers are tried by 12 carefully selected peers and agreed upon by both the prosecution and the defense teams.. \n\na jury has to unanomously agree in guilt or innocence.. which goes back to my point about this scenario being highly unlikely.. \n\nif the story is true.. however.. i think you are a naiive young man to believe your brothers absolute and total innocence.. but i admire you for it nevertheless.. my sister would sell me out for a nickel..\n\n-----\ntattydragon.. just guessing.. but im willing to bet you have been on the wrong side of the law once or twice.. you protest too much..
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The only way a law can level the playing field for a class of people is if it does not exsist.  \n\nIt sucks that people have inherint biases but the fact is that we all have them.  I am white and married a white woman.  I prefer white women.  All of my black friends married black women.  They prefer black women.  We (the human race) are prejudicial by nature.  Unfortunately, no law wil ever fix this. \n\nTo answer your question......No, I do not beleive in affirmative action.  Instead, I beleive that minorities that are under-represented in certain occupations need to try harder to make themselves valuable in those positions.  In most cases that means they will have to learn to properly speak the english language.
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You might be interested to check out a website that does research on topics such as this-- It's called Project Implicit, and it's an ongoing Harvard study. I found out about it while reading the book, "Blink", by Malcom Gladwell. (Great book, by the way-- I enjoyed it more than his other one, "The Tipping Point") You can register (it's free and quick) and participate, and/or see results of past studies. It has things that are race-related, gender related, and sooo much more-- really interesting stuff!! -- I'm going to post it as a new topic, for those who might find it of use-- I hope you're getting the answers you were looking for! -- Also, my thoughts on all of the above are pretty standard, as I have some Aboriginal blood in me- (MicMac) -- I'm curious as to why you posted the question, though, as there may be those who answer with the stereotypical racist comments-- Anyway, I hope the site gives you more information to satisfy your curiosity-- I have to say, it does make you THINK, and can challenge what you thought you knew about yourself!-- Bye for now, have a great week!\n\nhttps://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/research/
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what statistics are you refering to? in my city, iv'e done a study on black and white "delinquints" from the ages of 13-18. in many cases we've seen that they white delinquints got their charges dropped, or were offered PTI, (Pre trial Intervention) wherein the cases of the black delinquints were sent to the juvenile correctionall facilities. I'm nopt trying to play a race card, but the study said what we had thought all along. with pti you are excused, nothing goes on your permanent record. With a juvenile facility, it is on your record, and you become a "statistic". I would like to think that you are not being anything but curious with asking this type of question over the internet. hope that this gives you a broader outlook on what the variables are when tallying for statistics. later.
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1. Blacks make up 15% of the US population yet make up 90% of the jailed population. There are more blacks in jail than the entire population of Alaska.\n2. We get long prison terms than other white counterparts because most jury's do not feature black jurors. This is mainly due to not registering to vote, not going to jury duty, and having criminal records that disqualify them from serving. The few that do sure on jurys throw the book at the black criminal for they view that criminal another person enforcing the stereotype about black people.\n3. Lets look at sports-you have guys flunking drug tests, raping women, doing drugs that are black and keep getting chance after chance on sport teams. Yet the white counterpart never gets a second chance.\n4. I'm not even going to get into rap music.\n5. Parents taht don't care. They instill that the white man is to blame for everything and to get out of a crime just yell racism.
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It doesn’t seem fair does it. I went through the criminal justice system last year around this time.\n\nYou can get a defense, your public defender will have you plea bargain the case out, only about 2% of cases ever make it to trial.\n\nDepending on your crime, and your mental state at the time of the arrest, the victim, and the case itself will all be key factors.\n\nIt is fair, if the public defender gives any information without your consent to anyone, including but not limited to judges, clerks, prosecutors, etc. it is a violation of the attorney client confidentiality agreement.\n\nBest wishes...and if you have the money or can get the money, fight it, call around and get the best attorney you can afford, nobody likes a bad record.
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Check out this really good article: "The Emerging Paradigm for Policing Multiethnic Societies:  Glimpses from The American Experience", available at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/publications/specialissue/10McDonald.pdf\n\nLook through the paper's endnotes to find other sources on the topic...there seems to be a lot there.
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Basically, the goal is to find a way to ask questions that will uncover those people who are likely to be on your side (either side). \n\nSome of these questions are designed to find potential jurors who would be biased against your case, or good for the other side, so that you can get them dismissed from the jury. Those are the most common, and they don't have to be too subtle.\n\nThe other type of questions are those which will reveal the jurors likely to believe your argument, but you need to do it in a way that doesn't reveal your strategy to the other side. This requires a lot of subtlety. It's usually just easier to accept anyone on the jury that you can't exclude.\n\nAs far as any particular situation, look for reasons of potential bias or prejudice. So, let's take a mugging case with three teenagers (first time offenders during spring break) as the defendants. \n\nThe defense might ask questions about who has ever been mugged, or felt threatened walking home at night, or was picked on during high school. These would indicate people likely to convict because they are afraid of being mugged themself. \n\nThe prosecution might ask questions about tolerance, mercy, people who have lived a little on the wild side themselves, people who are bullies, etc. This would indicate people likely to acquit because they either identify with the defendants, or because they believe everyone deserves a second chance.\n\nThe specific questions vary based on the fact pattern. But the goal is always to find out who among the jury pool would be bad for your case, for whatever reason, and get them dismissed.
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Free advice being worth what you pay for it, I would definitely leave the race issue out of it if it were me.  After all, is it really a race issue or an issue of gender and hostility in the work environment?  That has nothing to do with race; it has to do with unethical people.  I'm not implying that you are, in any way, unaware of the role of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, but the emphasis is on Equal Opportunity; it is not meant to be only for race related issues.\n\nWere it me, I would definitely contact the EEOC; they will take your report.  When I did it, i believe I had to speak to someone along the lines of an intake coordinator, *briefly* describing what my issues were and they gave me a case number and told me i would be contacted by a case coordinator as soon as my complaint had been reviewed.\n\nGender discrimination and hostile work environment are two very valid EEOC areas of investigation and that sounds like what you are dealing with.  Also, if you happen to be older than the Union President (especially considerably so; example: you're in your late 40's and he's in his early 30's), you could file charges of age discrimination, as well.\n\nIt sounds like you have very legitimate grounds for going to the EEOC and at least starting the process.\n\nGood luck; it sure sounds like they are doing everything they can to force you to quit!
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I dont feel really comfortable answering questions about race relations in othr countries anymore. Quite often you get attacked and the asker comes back at you with comments like who are you to bash our country etc etc...so I will just comment on mine. Im 41 and from Australia. I have a black mother and white father. Ive seen racism from both sides of the street. Our present Government refuses to make any apology for past tragedies to our indigenous people, or for the many generations taken away from their families simply because of Assimilation Policy. Which means get them into white culture, breed out the colour, get rid of em. There were and still are many ongoing problems from historical and current policy. With that said we do have Indigenous groups and factions that are one sided too. Our big problem here is Immigration Policy. We have so many problems with boat people, detention centres for illegals etc its a nightmare. We have some problems with race riots here which are disturbing. There were riots in a Sydney suburb of mainly Indigenous people and boy the media carried it on for months and months and it resulted in some losses to that community, changes in the powers and controls of the police etc. Then we had another incident not long ago re some Middle Easterns and it was all over the news again. But you know hardly anything, in my opinion, was done about this because the Government and police are scared to take action against these groups. I dont know its all so confusing. Its horrible and I just wish we could all get along and not judge each other. Thats probably not much of an answer to your question...sorry
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try re post your questions under category of "politics and government - Law and ethnics" there are more law expert to help out.\n\ngood luck!!!