Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

1. What is the connection between class, race/ethnicity, and crime?

2. What has reinforced disparity in treatment by the criminal justice system of racial and ethnic minorities?

3. What can reduce the disparity and discrimination against minority populations?

Discussion Board #2

Instructions: You will use the Bureau of Justice Crime Statistics toolLinks to an external site. to help you recognize trends in crime data of areas of interest. For this assignment, you will complete two tasks: (Pick any state and city)

1. Examine your current state and city crime trends over the past five years. Give three trends that you noticed over those five years.

2. Pick a state AND city you are interested in living in and examine the crime trends over the past five years. Give three trends that you noticed over those five years.