List and Explain Three Ways in Which the Criminal Justice

question 10

Essay

List and explain three ways in which the criminal justice system operates to allow for an overrepresentation of African Americans and Latinos/as in the prisons. Be sure and give one example involving the police, one involving the courts, and one involving corrections. In your opinion, what can be done to change this issue facing corrections?​

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Definitions:

Asserted

To declare affirmatively; to state as a fact.

Connective

In logic and linguistics, a word or phrase that links sentences or clauses, such as and, or, but.

Clause

A logical unit within a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate, which may stand alone or function as part of a larger sentence.

Predicate

The segment of a sentence or clause which includes a verb and provides information about the subject.