Racial Disparities and Inequalities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

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Racial Disparities and Inequalities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
Introduction
The paper extensively revolves around U.S. Criminal Justice System and the racial inequalities in the country. Racial and ethnic disparities in the U.S. are a broader topic requiring extensive analysis and intervention to address the issue. Racial disparities and inequity have been rising with the growing rate of ethnic and racial diversity. The United States of America is the world's most ethnically and racially diversified democracy. Disparate treatment of people of color across the broad continuum of the legal system in the United States is a fundamental part of this marginalization. The public's distrust of the criminal justice system is exacerbated by racial and ethnic imbalance. In the criminal justice system, many people are deeply aware of racial inequity problems. The critical concept that the paper explores is inegalitarianism in the United States. Based on the fact that the federal system in the U.S. is well diversified, the national and federal systems in various capacities portray racial and ethnic disparities ranging from policing, parole, pretrial and sentencing of individuals. Social factors such as poverty, unemployment, and segregation are seen as aspects that catalyze the racial difference patterns by increasing victimization on African Americans and the minority groups. Racial divide symbols in America often come from crime and punishment. The minority groups, especially African Americans, are the group that faces a high rate of discrimination in the justice system, U.S. history being the deep root of this problem. Racial disparities and inequalities significantly apply the concept of inegalitarianism in both literature and practice. The paper focuses on analyzing racial disparities and imbalances in the U.S. criminal justice system based on the concept of federalism and inegalitarianism.
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Racial disparity is an issue that has been in existence as articulated by various U.S. history articles and researchers. Over the years, the problem has raised concerns locally and internationally, making international law agencies and organizations established to enhance judicial systems in various jurisdictions. According to Travis et al., the U.S legal system has a racial and ethnic disparity problem compared to the broader population (2014). Researchers have discussed two leading causes for racial inequalities: disparate effects and uneven treatment (Nellis). It has been suggested that a more significant proportion of African Americans and Hispanics are selected into the criminal justice system relative to the population's racial background because of their higher rates of criminal behavior. According to research, their criminal behavior is often attributed to racial differences in financial or cultural resources or because they are more vulnerable to the associated sanctions. Scholar Beckett argues that racial disparities are caused by the treatment of Blacks and Latinos unfairly by law enforcement officials, such as police officers, prosecutors, and probation officers, according to the unequal treatment ratio...