List and Explain Three Ways in Which the Criminal Justice

question 73

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 prisons. Give one example each involving the police, the courts, and the correctional system.

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