The New Jim Crowe Book Review Abstract Michelle Alexander wrote a brilliant book, in my opinion. She does not ramble on about what she thinks but bases the book in its entirety in statistical proof. She states her overall opinion or thesis and follows it up with a decent blueprint to capture the reader and makes the reader want to go and find evidence against her claims. She claims that the United States the highest incarceration rates on the planet, that black males go to prison at a higher rate
communities. For instance, the sentence for possession of crack was 100 times harsher than the possession of chemically similar cocaine. It was not just harsher sentencing. Communities of color are also policed more harshly. Policies like show me your papers and stop and frisk target people of color under the law. So shocker, they are more likely to be arrested for the stuff that white people are also doing but are twice as likely to get pulled over. Take the late Walter Scott pulled over for having a
institutions are still embedded with prejudices and stereotypes. Because African Americans are one of the largest and most discriminated against minorities, they are the focus of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird just as they will be the focus of this paper. This paper will analyze the Critical Race Theory as Derrick Bell began it, as well as call upon its significance and relevance in today’s society. To aid in this analysis, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning piece of American literature will be referenced
offenders being assimilated into the criminal justice system. This notion is important due to the understanding that these offenders, many in which were non-violent became stigmatized as criminals and received harsh sentences for their offenses. Research objectives would be to further understand how strain theory, conflict theory and labeling theory applies to this population. Inquiries such as how were they inducted into criminality, why recidivism occurred, and if the relationship between economic
Police brutality is alluded as the utilization of verbal or extreme power coordinated towards a nation's residents by the police work force. This power might be physical or a type of mental oppression. Police brutality is seen in numerous countries, particularly in the countries where such cases are accounted for. It is viewed as a type of police wrongdoing which includes racial profiling and societal restraint. Police Brutality is typically conveyed to minority groups, for example, poor people,
emerged from previous studies in which various authors sought to identify correlates related to a long healthy lifestyle Myers & Sweeney (2007). The Wheel of Wellness is a theoretical strength-based approach to mental health. The other model used in research is designed to