NCJ Number
27694
Date Published
1975
Length
175 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE PROBLEMS OF THE MINORITY GROUP VICTIM OF PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
Abstract
IT TRACES THE HISTORY OF MINORITY GROUPS IN WHITE, PROTESTANT AMERICAN SOCIETY FROM THE CONFLICTS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN WITH EARLY SETTLERS. THE PROBLEMS OF BLACK AMERICANS ARE ANALYZED, FROM THE PRE-CIVIL WAR DRED SCOTT CASE, THE JIM CROW SEGREGATION LAWS, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE TO THE 1954 DESEGREGATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. AN EXAMINATION OF RIOTS, CONFRONTATIONS, RAIDS, SHOOT-OUTS, POLICE-GHETTO RELATIONS, THE CONDITIONS OF PRISONS, AND THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS ILLUSTRATES THE COMPLEXITY OF THE RACIAL PROBLEMS OF THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE FINAL CHAPTERS RECOMMEND SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS. THEY OUTLINE NEW ANTIDISCRIMINATION STANDARDS FOR POLICE AND CORRECTIONS PERSONNEL AND DESCRIBE METHODS FOR IMPROVING POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND THE INTERACTION OF BLACK AND BROWN MINORITIES WITH A WHITEDOMINATED 'ESTABLISHMENT'. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND CASE REFERENCES SUPPLEMENT EACH CHAPTER TO ASSIST AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF THE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE TEXT. A LIST OF SELECTED REFERENCES AND SUBJECT AND CASE INDEXES ARE APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)