Criminal Justice `Cultural Diversity`

Running Head : Criminal Justice `Criminal Diversity

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United States criminal and justice system as provided by the constitution is mandated to offer fair as well as equitable treatment to all citizens . However the due process in criminal justice and system while dealing with public is marred disparities and discrimination influence by racial factor . American society is made of people of diverse origin comprising of immigrant who are the minority and the natives . The growth of immigrant the minority mostly African America in U

.S . has resulted to more disparity and discrimination in criminal justice system which also duplicates in other social institution Disparity and discrimination has been a product of US people stereotypical mentality on social and racial status between immigrants and the natives . But what matter to US society is everyone to be free of crime victimization , criminal activities as well as how criminal justice system can protect the society

According to Gelsthorpe (2003 , discrimination as compared to disparity may be difficult in defining it as in some occasion can mean showing good judgment . There can also be positive (favorable ) discrimination But in the criminal justice context , it is commonly taken to mean unfavorable treatment based on a person 's gender social class language race , ethnicity , religion sexual preference , age , disability or any other improper ground (Gelsthorpe 2003 pp 4 . Discrimination is associated with concept of prejudice , referring a particular group to be or people in the society to be inferior . For example , United States Criminal justice has been accused of regarding people of African American decent as difficult and associates them with crime than their counter part whites . Gelsthorpe (2003 ) asserts that discrimination in the criminal judicial system occurs as a result of law being permissive and individual discretion open . Can also occur in a situation where guidelines on how decisions are made are few meaning that the process of making judgment is made on subjective judgments

In criminal justice system , disparity is associated with the actual sentencing . In criminal circles disparity is mostly clearly associated with sentencing and the practice of giving different sentences for similar offences , but it is has wider relevance in terms of offender and victims being treated differently or unequally throughout criminal justice system (or related system ) when circumstances are similar (Gelsthorpe 2003 pp 4 . Criminal justice system as provided by the law is required to show sense that all are equal before the law of the land But when the disparity arises in the criminal justice system , justice is viewed as abstract and unable to give equality in the criminal justice system processes . In a nutshell , disparity is concerned with criminal justice system outcome than the process and more of equal treatment Gelsthorpe (2003 ) argued that there has been perception that fairness involves treating like case alike . Equal treatment in the criminal judicial system involves impartial employment of the rules and procedure no matter the outcome . On the other hand the perception that procedures and policies affecting punishment...