Racial disparities

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Introduction

Arrest among the Africa American in the United States is almost eight times that of the European Americans , the Indians and Hispanics are imprisoned about three times that of the European Americans . Most of the arrests are not justified , but are as a result of policies implemented in the mid 1970s

Racial disparities in arrests in the United States

The arrests have grown significantly due incarceration for lesser offenses and drug related offenses which in actual sense makes the

situation even worse , by making it hard for the young offenders to miss chance of being rehabilitated , became productive through finding a good and well paying job . Children of those arrested suffer a lot , they miss some basic necessities and good education which in most cases lead them to a live of crime hence being arrested and the cycle keeps on recurring generation after the other

In most of the minor offenses racial disparity is more pronounced with the African-American being more arrested and charged as compared to the Americans , but for serious offenses disparity is greatly reduced

Drugs have been the leading cause of arrest in America , with most of the users being the blacks . The war on drugs has seen most of the Urban black Americans arrested , prosecuted , convicted , and imprisoned ,this is because of they form a large proportion of drug abusers in America than the whites

Drug related offenses have no comparison with other offenses such as murder , rape...