Minorities & Criminal Justice

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MINORITIES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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In criminal justice , correctional justice provides dynamic security in a nation ' institutions . Restorative justice in criminal justice is based on traditional practices of indigenous cultures across the globe Certain correctional polices can be created from the principles of restorative justice (Hutchnson , 1994

Given that restorative justice is based on traditional practices of indigenous cultures , certain correctional polices can be created Administrators of criminal justice should realize that correctional justice cannot be effected without effecting restoration

justice . For security to be dynamically created in our prisons and the community as a well , a good relationship with offenders is very important (Hutchnson 1994

Dynamic security entails the use of establishment and maintenance of relationships with offenders in a bid to create more secure prison environments . Restorative justice practice is effected when the concept of secure environments is extended to the community . Thus , a correctional policy of adhering to restoration justice principles of compassion should be effected . Offenders should be looked at as people who have a crucial role to play in the society . They should also be looked at as having the potential to create a better environment thus needing assisted from other members of the society (Kendal , 2006

In addition , a correctional policy of the society should look at areas in which it has failed to play its role to offenders . The community should thus strive to mediate between the victim and offenders in an effort to create a secure environment consequently , correctional policy of administering criminal justice of traditional mediation should be effected the community should practice a policy of solving disputes instead of inciting offenders and victims should be effected (Roberts ,1999

Indigenous justice principles of conflict resolution which include traditional mediation , making peace , talking circles , making traditional mediations , gatherings involving family members or the community as a whole may be more applicable with some offences than others . Some of the quasi - modern and modern courts in the United States employ the use of indigenous justice as an alternative method in the process of resolving certain cases like those on civil matters , child custody , juvenile delinquency as well as those involving victims and offenders . This is so because other types of cases can be solved effectively by use of the American justice paradigm whose principles are different from those of indigenous justice (Cole and Smith , 2004

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In the United States , juveniles of color have higher rates of contact with the police than white youths . In the United States of America , the police will normally target the black and Hispanic youths whenever they are conducting criminal investigations on certain cases like drug trafficking , shoplifting , burglary , robbery with violence among other types of offences . This is normally the case because most immigrates in the United States are regarded as poor and associated with all types of offences . Most policemen believe that it is only the poor blacks and Hispanics who can do drugs in an effort to make ends meet...