Criminal Justice

After Research, I do feel that minorities are overrepresented within the criminal justice system. For example, "a suit filed Jan. 6 in Union County, N.J., alleges that a state law denying voting rights to parolees and probationers discriminates against blacks and Hispanics due to their overrepresentation in the criminal justice system"(Penal Disenfranchisement Law Called Biased). A good deal of research has noted major disparities in the extent of involvement of minorities, particularly blacks compared …

…Overrepresented.htm Amnesty International Racism and the Administration of Justice retrieved from http://www.amnesty.ca/library/racism.pdf#search='Amnesty%20InternationalRacism%20and%20the%20Administration%20of%20Justice' Civil Rights.org Justice on Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System retrieved from http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/cj/ Gallagher, Mary P. Penal Disenfranchisement Law Called Biased New Jersey Law Journal 01-14-2004 retrieved from http://www.law.com/jsp/newswire_article.jsp?id=1073944795506