Community Response to Race and Criminal Justice
Community Response
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), in Decatur, GA was chosen for this assignment. The department is responsible for serving the state's youth offenders up until the age of twenty-one. The organization's mission as stated on their web page is: "Our Mission is to protect and serve the citizens of Georgia by holding young offenders accountable for their actions through the delivery of services and sanctions in appropriate settings and by supporting youth in their communities to become productive and law-abiding citizens" (http://www.djj.state.ga.us/AboutUs/AboutUsOverview.shtml). Cathy Dravis, the Juvenile Program Manager was interviewed. Below is a summary.
When asked how they view the issue of the disproportionate amount of African-American males arrested for drug distribution vs. Caucasian and Hispanic males, the response was that the person's environment that they grew up in plays a large role in shaping their adult lives. Many African-American males grow up in single parent homes where there is no male authority figure present. Poverty also plays a role in the lives of these young males. The images they see in music videos and in the media sell the idea of making quick money. Distributing drugs is probably the fastest way they can think of to make money.
The interviewee discussed how race and ethnicity fit into the picture stating that racial profiling could possibly play a part in African-American males being arrested and convicted of these kinds of crimes over other races. If this group is the one that is constantly being watched, then they will be the ones with the highest amount of arrests and convictions. This does not mean that Caucasians and Hispanics are not committing the same or similar crimes. The crime rates could be just as high as or even higher than in the African-American community. However, if they are not being watched as closely...
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Baker reviewed three landmark Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment and concluded that the death penalty is capriciously imposed on Black defendants and thus serves the extra-legal function of preserving majority group interests. He viewed discrimination in capital sentencing as deliberate and identified the primary reasons why Black defendants with white victims have been denied fairness in capital sentencing. These are prosecutorial discretion in the selective prosecution of capital
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