Racial Disparities within the Criminal Justice System Module2Assignment.docx CRJ-530 Rac

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Racial Disparities within the Criminal Justice System Module2Assignment.docx CRJ-530 Racial Disparities within the Criminal Justice System Department of Criminal Justice, Saint Leo University Coll... ege of Education and Social Services CRJ-530: Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice Abstract Racism is defined as a social practice that applies merits and designate values to racially categorized groups members based off their race (Zatz and Mann 1998: 3). There are three components of racism: personal prejudice, ideological racism and institutional racism. Personal prejudice involves having a certain view or judgment against an individual or group that belongs to a certain group (Banks 2020). A personal bias or prejudice can influence how people interact with others. Ideological racism involves the usage of culture and biology to rationalize and defend the superior stance of a culture they consider dominant (Banks 2019). Institutional racism is when institutions possess policies and procedures that produce systematic differences between racial groups (Banks 2020: 4). One of the components of racism that I want to focus more on is institutional racism. A part of institutional racism is “petit apartheid”. This piece of institutional racism, highlights the daily hidden interactions between law enforcement officers and other minorities which includes the law enforcement practices of “stop and question” and “stop and search”,(Zatts &Mann 1998). Institutional Racism Institutional Racism is defined as policies and procedures engrained in institu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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