criminal justice and ethics

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Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System

Discrimination that is based on ethnic origin violates the principles of equity and it is morally wrong . Principles of equality proposes that individuals who are equal are supposed to be treated equally basing on their similarities . In the assessment of treating others equally race is not a relevant consideration . This means that treating other people different can only be justified if there exist factual differences between people (See , 2007 ) On the other hand equality

means nothing and it is a non specific term until it is applied to particular context Therefore in political context equality would be taken to means equal treatment under legal systems , equal access to the public offices etc Equal treatment would also extend to equality in terms of pay , promotion and job hiring

The notion that people belong to a particular group of race was developed in the last century . This notion does not have meaning biologically yet societies continue to give it a meaning by using the term race as a social category (Free Free , 2004

Basing on the grounds of race African American has suffered discrimination . Initially African American suffered discrimination through the systems of slavery and later through patterns of segregation and exclusion both formal and informal in the shape of court decisions and legislation that have endorsed avert racial discrimination . However in most recently African American has been accorded legal rights which are protected by the court . Civil rights...